Improvements in fixed-valve micropump performance through shape optimization of valves

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Gamboa, Adrian R ^a   Morris, Christopher J ^a   Forster, Fred K ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODICITY; FLOW-RESISTANCE; MICROPUMPS; TESLA-TYPE VALVES;

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DIODES; INTAKE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

PUMPS;

EID: 20444488465     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1891151     Document Type: Article

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