The 'acoustic scallop': A bubble-powered actuator

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1653-1659

  Dijkink, R J ^a   Van Der Dennen, J P ^a   Ohl, C D ^a   Prosperetti, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE EFFECTS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICALLY HAZARDOUS LEVELS; BUBBLE-POWERED ACTUATOR; SELF-PROPULSION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33746297337     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/8/029     Document Type: Article

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