Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: A review of methods and applications

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 841-886

  Wörner, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct numerical simulation; Interfacial flow; Micro process engineering; Microfluidics; Multiphase flow; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LINES; CONTINUUM METHOD; FLOW HYDRODYNAMICS; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HYBRID APPROACH; INTERFACE EVOLUTION; INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFACE THICKNESS; INTERFACIAL FLOWS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LEVEL SET METHOD; MARANGONI FLOWS; MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS; MESOSCOPICS; MICRO PROCESS ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE FIELD METHODS; SEGMENTED FLOW; SHARP INTERFACE LIMITS; SURFACE TENSION FORCE; TWO-FLUID FLOW;

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84860889010     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-012-0940-8     Document Type: Review

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