Predicting conditions for microscale surfactant mediated tipstreaming

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Moyle, Todd M ^a,b   Walker, Lynn M ^a,b   Anna, Shelley L ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DEVICE GEOMETRIES; INTERFACIAL TENSION GRADIENT; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; OPERATING CONDITION; SEMI-ANALYTICAL MODEL; SURFACTANT PROPERTIES; SURFACTANT TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84865707925     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4746253     Document Type: Article

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