Experimental and numerical study of the recirculation flow inside a liquid meniscus focused by air

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-74

  Ganan Calvo A M ^a   Ferrera, C ^b   Torregrosa, M ^a   Herrada, M A ^a   Marchand, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c Lab de Mecan et de Phys Materiaux   (France)

Author keywords

Cone jet mode; Flow focusing; Flow structure visualization; Micro mixing; Recirculating cell

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RESIDENCE TIME; COFLOWING GAS; CONE-JET MODE; EXPERIMENTAL VISUALIZATION; FLOW FOCUSING; INJECTED LIQUID; INTERNAL MOTION; LIQUID FLOW; LOW-VISCOSITY LIQUIDS; MICRO-MIXING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RE-CIRCULATION FLOW; RECIRCULATING CELLS; RECIRCULATION CELLS; VISCOUS STRESS;

CAPILLARITY; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW RATE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXED CONVECTION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84855977972     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0774-9     Document Type: Article

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