Micro throttle pump employing displacement amplification in an elastomeric substrate

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1831-1839

  Johnston, I D ^a   Tracey, M C ^a   Davis, J B ^a   Tan, C K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYSTYRENES; PUMPS;

MICRO THROTTLE PUMP (MTP); MICROFLUIDICS; PIEZO ELECTRIC (PZT) ACTUATOR; THROTTLING RATIO;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 24644448302     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/15/10/007     Document Type: Article

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