Generation of small mono-disperse bubbles in axisymmetric T-junction: The role of swirl

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Herrada, Miguel A ^a   Gañán Calvo, Alfonso M ^a   López Herrera, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; LIQUIDS; VORTEX FLOW;

AXI-SYMMETRICAL; AXISYMMETRIC; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; GAS-LIQUID SYSTEMS; LIQUID INJECTIONS; LIQUID STREAMS; MONO-DISPERSE; VORTEX CORES;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 79960916365     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3610384     Document Type: Article

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