Collision dynamics and mixing of unequal-size droplets

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 421-428

  Liu, Dong ^a,c   Zhang, Peng ^a,b   Law, Chung K ^a,c   Guo, Yincheng ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Droplet collision; Front tracking; Jet formation; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

AXISYMMETRIC; COLLIDING DROPLETS; COLLISION DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; DROPLET COLLISION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FRONT TRACKING; FRONT TRACKING METHOD; INTERNAL MOTION; JET FORMATION; MIXING EFFICIENCY;

DROP BREAKUP; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MERGING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PLASMA JETS;

MIXING;

EID: 84868570234     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.10.023     Document Type: Article

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