Numerical investigation of the influence of companion drops on drop-on-demand ink jetting

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 584-595

  Zhang, Hai Yun ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Lu, Guo Dong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Companion drops; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD; Drop on demand (DOD) ink jetting; Droplet deviation; Volume of fluid (VOF) method

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; DROP-ON-DEMAND; INTERFACE-CAPTURING METHOD; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRESSURE RANGES; PRINT HEAD; SATELLITE DROPS; VOLUME OF FLUIDS; VOLUME-OF-FLUID METHOD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRINTING;

DROPS;

EID: 84865311474     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A1200045     Document Type: Article

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