Numerical simulation of the formation of a jet and droplets from a capillary in a co-flowing ambient fluid

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 43, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2010, Pages 7-12

  Homma, Shunji ^a   Yokotsuka, Muneyuki ^a   Koga, Jiro ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co flowing ambient fluid; Droplets; Front tracking method; Jet; Navier stokes equations

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT FLOW; AMBIENT FLUIDS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; COFLOWING; DIFFERENCE METHOD; DROPLETS; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; LINEAR STABILITY THEORY; LIQUID JETS; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; MOVING LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WEBER NUMBERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; JETS; LIQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VISCOUS FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 75649133148     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.09we058     Document Type: Article

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