Friction factors in smooth trapezoidal silicon microchannels with different aspect ratios

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2519-2525

  Wu, H Y ^a,b   Cheng, Ping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

SILICON;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW RATIO; FRICTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037570768     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(03)00106-6     Document Type: Article

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