Numerical simulation of electroosmotic effect in serpentine channels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-269

  Rawool, A S ^a   Mitra, Sushanta K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate; Electroosmosis; Modeling; Numerical; Serpentine; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

BIPOLAR PLATE; ELECTROOSMOTIC EFFECT; SERPENTINE CHANNELS;

SERPENTINE;

EID: 33645822125     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-005-0076-1     Document Type: Article

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