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Peclet Number

Peclet Number is a dimensionless number in chemical engineering that represents the ratio of advective to diffusive transport rates in a system, characterizing the relative importance of convection to molecular diffusion in a plug flow reactor.

1.8K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

429

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PePéclet Number

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Chaotic Mixer for Microchannels

Abraham D. Stroock, Stephan K. W. Dertinger, Armand Ajdari et al. · Science · 2002 · 3.4K citations

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Micromixers—a review

Nam‐Trung Nguyen, Zhigang Wu · Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering · 2004 · 1.6K citations

, , +16

A novel finite difference formulation for differential expressions involving both first and second derivatives

D. B. Spalding · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering · 1972 · 1.1K citations

, , +17

Two‐Site/Two‐Region Models for Pesticide Transport and Degradation: Theoretical Development and Analytical Solutions

Martinus Th. van Genuchten, R. J. Wagenet · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1989 · 588 citations

, , +17

Trojan particles: Large porous carriers of nanoparticles for drug delivery

Nicolas Tsapis, Derrick Bennett, Brian E. Jackson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 538 citations

, , +17

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Authors

3.9K

  1. JF
    John F. Brady

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    16 publications · 3K citations

    16

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  2. AA
    Andreas Acrivos

    Stanford University, United States

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    12

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  3. EM
    Eckart Meiburg

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    11 publications · 770 citations

    11

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  4. AA
    Alessandra Adrover

    Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

    10 publications · 454 citations

    10

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  5. DL
    Donald L. Koch

    Cornell University, United States

    9 publications · 875 citations

    10

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Institutions

1.3K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    30 h-index

    153 publications

    8.4K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    76 publications

    4.4K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    24 h-index

    46 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    19 h-index

    64 publications

    5.9K citations

  6. King Khalid University

    Abhā, Saudi Arabia

    17 h-index

    30 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. COMSATS University Islamabad

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    16 h-index

    37 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    16 h-index

    32 publications

    2.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    149 publications · 9.9K citations

    52

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  2. Water Resources Research

    86 publications · 6.3K citations

    46

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  3. AIChE Journal

    93 publications · 5.3K citations

    40

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    107 publications · 5K citations

    39

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  5. Journal of Heat Transfer

    66 publications · 2.5K citations

    29

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