Simulation of a piezoelectrically actuated valveless micropump

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 400-405

  Fan, B ^a   Song, G ^a   Hussain, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ACTUATING FREQUENCY; DEFLECTION AMPLITUDE; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-FLUID COUPLINGS; PIEZOELECTYRICALLY ACTUATED VALVELESS MICROPUMP (PVAM);

PUMPS;

EID: 17444378993     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/2/014     Document Type: Article

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