Negative capillary-pressure-induced cavitation probability in nanochannels

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Ruijing ^a   Ikoma, Yoshifumi ^a   Motooka, Teruaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL RADIUS; CROSS SECTION; FLOW PROCESS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; IN-CHANNELS; NANO CHANNELS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; NONUNIFORM; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROBABILITY;

CAVITATION;

EID: 77149152466     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/10/105706     Document Type: Article

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