Microdiffusers as dynamic passive valves for micropump applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-191

  Gerlach, Torsten ^a,b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dynamic passive valves; Microdiffuser; Micropump; Rectification efficiency

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

DYNAMIC PASSIVE VALVES; MICROPUMPS; RECTIFICATION EFFICIENCY;

DIFFUSERS (FLUID);

EID: 0032141076     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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