Formation and breakup of compound pendant drops at the tip of a capillary and its effect on upstream velocity fluctuations

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1022-1029

  Che, Zhizhao ^a   Wong, Teck Neng ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Chai, J C ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Breakup; Compound drops; Compound pendant drop; Droplet based microfluidics; Velocity fluctuation

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; COMPOUND DROP; CONTACT LINES; CURRENT SYSTEM; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; FORMATION PROCESS; GLASS CAPILLARIES; LAPLACE PRESSURE; LIQUID SLUG; MONODISPERSE; PENDANT DROP; PLUG FLOW; PLUG-INS; UPSTREAM VELOCITY; VELOCITY FLUCTUATION;

COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; GLASS; LIQUIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 82955162512     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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