Lubrication of highly viscous core-annular flows in microfluidic chambers

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Darvishi, Samira ^a   Cubaud, Thomas ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-ANNULAR FLOW; FLOW BEHAVIORS; HIGH VISCOSITY FLUIDS; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; NON-WETTING; VISCOSITY CONTRAST; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

COALESCENCE; FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; FLUIDS; LUBRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; WETTING;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 79953647213     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003733     Document Type: Article

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