Numerical and experimental studies on the viscous folding in diverging microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 767-776

  Chung, Changkwon ^a   Choi, Duwon ^a   Kim, Ju Min ^b   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compressive stress; Diverging microchannel; Folding of viscous thread; Secondary folding

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SHAPE; DIVERGING MICROCHANNEL; FLOW KINEMATICS; FLOW RATIOS; FOLDING FREQUENCY; HYPERBOLIC CHANNELS; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POWER LAW RELATION; SHEAR RATES; SIMULATION RESULT; THIN-THREADS; TWO-FLUID; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; FLOW PATTERNS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TENSILE STRESS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77953611688     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0507-5     Document Type: Article

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