Modelling of immiscible liquid-liquid systems by Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 508, Issue , 2017, Pages 567-574

  Elekaei Behjati, H ^a   Navvab Kashani, M ^a   Biggs, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet deformation; Immiscible liquid liquid flow; Incompressible flow; Microfluidics; Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DROP BREAKUP; DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

DROPLET DEFORMATION; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; IMMISCIBLE PHASIS; MEDICINAL FORMULATION; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; NON-NEWTONIAN MODELS; SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; GRAVITY; MICROFLUIDICS; MISCIBILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 85028597684     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.08.072     Document Type: Article

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