Flow within a water droplet subjected to an air stream in a hydrophobic microchannel

Fluid Dynamics Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Minor, G ^a   Djilali, N ^a   Sinton, D ^a   Oshkai, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR STREAMS; AIR VELOCITIES; AIR-WATER FLOW; BOTTOM WALL; CARBON PAPER; CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; DROPLET DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; FLOW IMAGING; GAS CHANNELS; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; LIQUID PHASE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; QUANTITATIVE VISUALIZATION; VELOCIMETRY; WATER DROPLETS; WATER FLOWS;

AIR; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICONES; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 70449705993     PISSN: 01695983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0169-5983/41/4/045506     Document Type: Article

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