Unidirectional bubble growth in microchannels with asymmetric surface features

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 23-24, 2012, Pages 7056-7062

  Hardt, Steffen ^a   Herbert, Stefan ^a   Kunkelmann, Christian ^a   Mahjoob, Shadi ^a   Stephan, Peter ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Evaporation; Microchannel; Volume of fluid method

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PIERS; CAPILLARITY; EVAPORATION; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CAPILLARY FORCE; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; EXTENDED VOLUME; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SURFACE FEATURE; THREE-PHASE CONTACT LINE; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84865793405     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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