Numerical simulation of annular flow hydrodynamics in microchannels

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.04.017zbMath1390.76869OpenAlexW2345941031MaRDI QIDQ1646960

Zhenyi Guo, Brian S. Haynes, David F. Fletcher

Publication date: 26 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2016.04.017

zbMATH Keywords

computational fluid dynamics (CFD)interfacial instabilitiesannular flow hydrodynamicsflow boiling in microchannelsK-H instabilitymicrochannel annular flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Direct numerical and large eddy simulation of turbulence (76F65) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17) Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10)

Uses Software

• ANSYS
• FLUENT

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