Taylor flow in microchannels: A review of experimental and computational work

Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-31

  Gupta, R ^a   Fletcher, D ^a   Haynes, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL WORK; FLOW REGIMES; GAS BUBBLE; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LIQUID PLUGS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURED PROCESS; TAYLOR FLOW;

CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL PLANTS; FLOW OF WATER; LIQUID FILMS; MICROCHANNELS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 78651576556     PISSN: 1757482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1757-482X.2.1.1     Document Type: Review

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