Numerical investigation on the deformation of droplets in high-pressure homogenizers

High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering 2010 - Transactions of the High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart, HLRS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 287-294

  Kissling, Kathrin ^a   Schütz, Steffen ^a   Piesche, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; ORIFICES; TURBULENCE MODELS; VORTEX FLOW;

EMULSIFICATION PROCESS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE HOMOGENIZER; HIGH-PRESSURE HOMOGENIZERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SINGLE DROPLET; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD; VORTEX RINGS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84874403753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15748-6_22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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