Performance of valveless diffuser micropumps under harmonic piezoelectric actuation

Proceedings of 8th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ahmadian, M T ^a   Saidi, M H ^a   Mehrabian, Amin ^a   Bazargan, M ^a   Kenarsari, S D ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LOW PASS FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

ELECTRICAL ANALOGY; MICROPUMP FLOW; PASSIVE VALVES;

PUMPS;

EID: 33845781609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/esda2006-95281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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