Inertial effects on the generation of co-laminar flows

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 767, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-94

  Braff, William A ^a,b   Bazant, Martin Z ^b   Buie, Cullen R ^b  

^a Giner Incorporated and Giner Electrochemical Systems LLC   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

laminar reacting flows; micro nano fluid dynamics; microfluidics

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW;

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; INERTIAL EFFECT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICRO-/NANO-FLUID DYNAMICS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; REACTING FLOWS; SECONDARY CHANNELS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84923116105     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.742     Document Type: Article

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