Numerical study on the effects of non-dimensional parameters on drop-on-demand droplet formation dynamics and printability range in the up-scaled model

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Eunjeong ^a   Baek, Jehyun ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DROP-ON DEMAND; DROPLET FORMATION; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; SATELLITE DROPLETS; SCALED MODELING; VOLUME OF FLUID MODEL; WEBER NUMBERS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84865765256     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4742913     Document Type: Article

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