Simulations of microfluidic droplet formation using the two-phase level set method

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4733-4741

  Bashir, Shazia ^a   Rees, Julia M ^a   Zimmerman, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop; Fluid mechanics; Interfacial tension; Multiphase flow; Simulation; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DISPERSED PHASE; DROPLET FORMATION; DROPLET GENERATION; DROPLET LENGTH; DROPLET SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOWRATE RATIO; FOOD INDUSTRIES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LEVEL SET METHOD; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION CURVE; SIMULATION; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SURFACE WETTABILITY; SYNTHESIS OF NEW MATERIALS; T JUNCTIONS; UNIFORM DROPLET; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WIDE-RANGING APPLICATIONS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DROP BREAKUP; DROP FORMATION; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; FLUIDS; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PHASE INTERFACES; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80051676329     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.06.034     Document Type: Article

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