Global and local instability of flow focusing: The influence of the geometry

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Vega, Emilio J ^a   Montanero, José M ^a   Herrada, Miguel A ^b   Gañán Calvo, Alfonso M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FOCUSING; GEOMETRY; ORIFICES; PRESSURE DROP; STABILITY;

CRITICAL VALUE; GLOBAL INSTABILITY; JETTING REGIMES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LOCAL INSTABILITY; MICRO-CAPILLARIES; MINIMUM VALUE; STABILITY THRESHOLDS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77953956278     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3450321     Document Type: Article

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