Numerical simulation of taylor bubble formation in micro-channel by MPS method

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Rong, Shaoshan ^a   Chen, Bin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Micro channel; MPS; Taylor flow; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; CENTRAL DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FOURTH ORDER; LIQUID FLOW RATES; MESH-LESS METHODS; MICRO DROPLETS; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROBUBBLE GENERATION; MOVING PARTICLE SEMIIMPLICIT METHOD; MPS; NORMAL VECTOR; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; TAYLOR FLOW; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; VISUALIZATION EXPERIMENT;

FLOW RATE; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACE TENSION; TWO PHASE FLOW; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84855841098     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-010-9183-z     Document Type: Article

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