Droplet dynamics in a bifurcating channel

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 397-405

  Carlson, A ^a   Do Quang, M ^a   Amberg, G ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bifurcating channels; Cahn Hilliard; Droplet dynamics; Passive breakup; Rayleigh Plateau instability; Wetting

Indexed keywords

CAHN-HILLIARD; DRIVING MECHANISM; DROPLET BREAKUP; DROPLET DYNAMICS; DROPLET VOLUME; FLOW REGIME TRANSITION; FLOW REGIMES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OUTFLOW CONDITION; PHASE FIELD THEORY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION; RAYLEIGH-PLATEAU INSTABILITY;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CALCIUM; DROP FORMATION; DYNAMICS; WETTING;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 77549084272     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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