Lattice Boltzmann simulations of bubble formation in a microfluidic T-junction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1945, 2011, Pages 2405-2413

  Amaya Bower, Luz ^a   Lee, Taehun ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble formation; Lattice boltzmann method; Multi phase flow; T junction

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DIFFUSE INTERFACE; FORMATION PROCESS; JETTING REGIMES; LATTICE BOLTZMANN EQUATION METHODS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; T JUNCTIONS; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VOLUMETRIC FLOW RATIO;

BUBBLE FORMATION; CONTACT ANGLE; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 79959855191     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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