Capillary contributions to the dynamics of discrete slugs in microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 397-410

  Ody, Cédric P ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Contact line; Friction; Microchannel; Pinning; Plug; Slug; Two phase flow; Wetting

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CONTACT LINES; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMIC REGIMES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HAGEN-POISEUILLE'S LAW; LIQUID COLUMNS; PARTIAL WETTING; PINNING; PLUG; QUASI-STATIC REGIME; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SLUG; STEADY MOTION; VISCOUS DISSIPATION; WETTING LIQUIDS; WETTING PROPERTY;

BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM; CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; FRICTION; LIQUIDS; TRIBOLOGY; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 77956268275     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0557-8     Document Type: Article

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