Equilibrium configurations of drops attached to spheres immersed in a uniform laminar flow

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 707-716

  Fan, E S C ^a   Bussmann, M ^a   Acosta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil water particle separation; Spherical coordinates; Volume of fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM CONFIGURATION; FINITE VOLUME APPROACH; FLOW EQUATIONS; OIL FILMS; OIL/WATER INTERFACES; OIL/WATER/PARTICLE SEPARATION; SHEAR FORCE; SOLID PARTICLES; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD; VOLUME OF FLUIDS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; LAMINAR FLOW; LUBRICATING OILS;

SPHERES;

EID: 79960300146     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20414     Document Type: Article

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