Numerical simulation of growth and collapse of a bubble induced by a pulsed microheater

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 857-869

  Hong, Yushik ^a   Ashgriz, N ^b   Andrews, J ^c   Parizi, Hamideh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Simulent Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRINTERS (COMPUTER); SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

FREE SURFACE; INKJET PRINTERS; MICROBUBBLE; MICROCHANNEL; MICRODROPLET; MICROFLUIDIC; PICOJETTING; VOLUME-OF-FLUID (VOF);

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 7244231512     PISSN: 10577157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2004.832180     Document Type: Article

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