Model experiment, numerical simulation and theoretical analysis on the characteristics of a viscous micropump using a cylindrical rotor in a rectangular duct

JSME International Journal, Series B: Fluids and Thermal Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Yokota, Kazuhiko ^a   Sato, Kotaro ^b   Itoh, Motoyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristics curve; Low Reynolds number; Viscous flow; Viscous micropump

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; VISCOUS FLOW; WORKING FLUID PRESSURE INDICATORS;

BUCKINGHAM PI THEOREM; CYLINDRICAL ROTOR; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PUMP EFFICIENCY; RECTANGULAR DUCT; VISCOUS MICROPUMP;

PUMPS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUCTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROTORS; VISCOUS FLOW; WORKING FLUID PRESSURE INDICATORS;

EID: 33751111920     PISSN: 13408054     EISSN: 13475371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmeb.49.393     Document Type: Article

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