Low-Reynolds-number droplet motion in a square microfluidic channel

Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 361-379

  Wang, Yechun ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Panagiotis ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet motion; Low Reynolds number flow; Microfluidics; Spectral boundary element method

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VELOCITY; CHANNEL SIZES; COATING PROCESS; CYLINDRICAL TUBES; DROPLET DEFORMATION; DROPLET MOTION; DROPLET SIZES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INTERFACIAL DYNAMICS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW-REYNOLDS-NUMBER FLOWS; LUBRICATION FILMS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PERIODIC BOUNDARIES; SOLID WALL; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHOD; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WALL BOUNDED FLOWS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROFLUIDICS; VELOCITY;

DROP BREAKUP;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CYLINDER; DROPLET; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 84859698431     PISSN: 09354964     EISSN: 14322250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00162-011-0238-6     Document Type: Article

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