Experimental investigation of single-phase flow pressure drop through rectangular microchannels

International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 257-267

  Tu, Xiao ^a   Hrnjak, Pega ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FRICTION; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

HYDRAULIC DIAMETERS; MICROCHANNELS; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1242264278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2003-1028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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