Two-phase flow regimes in microchannels

Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 355-367

  Rebrov, E V ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY HYDRODYNAMICS; COORDINATE AXES; FLOW REGIMES; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; HYDRAULIC DIAMETER; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIME; INERTIAL FORCES; MACROSYSTEMS; MICRO-ROUGHNESS; SURFACE AREA; VISCOUS FORCES; WEBER NUMBERS;

BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; LIQUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955732389     PISSN: 00405795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0040579510040019     Document Type: Article

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