Numerical investigation of elongated drops in a microfluidic T-junction

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Afkhami, S ^a   Leshansky, A M ^b   Renardy, Y ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; DROP BREAKUP; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INTERSECTIONS;

ASYMPTOTIC FORMULA; ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DROPLET BREAKUP; MICROFLUIDIC T JUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SURFACE TENSION FORCE;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 79952096378     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3549266     Document Type: Article

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