An experimental investigation of droplet detachment in high-speed microchannel air flow

Proceedings of the ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference 2009, MNHMT2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 289-298

  Carroll, Brian ^a   Hidrovo, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR INTERFACE; DROPLET DETACHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH-SPEED; MICROCHANNEL WALLS; NARROW GAP; NONDIMENSIONAL; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRESSURE FORCE; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; SURFACE TENSION FORCE; WATER DROPLETS;

AIR; ASPECT RATIO; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; PHASE INTERFACES; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 77954321846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2009-18491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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