Geometric scaling of a purely elastic flow instability in serpentine channels

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 712, Issue , 2012, Pages 203-218

  Zilz, J ^a   Poole, R J ^b   Alves, M A ^c   Bartolo, D ^a   Levache B ^a   Lindner, A ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

low Reynolds number flows; microfluidics; viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MICROFLUIDICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SERPENTINE; VISCOELASTICITY;

AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; DIMENSIONLESS CRITERION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; UPPER CONVECTED MAXWELL MODEL;

STABILITY;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW STABILITY; GEOMETRY; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84871202616     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.411     Document Type: Article

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