Forced convection in slightly curved microchannels

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 881-896

  Wang, Liqiu ^a   Liu, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Microchannel forced convection; Multiplicity; Numerical simulation; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; OSCILLATIONS;

FRICTION FACTOR; MICROCHANNEL FORCED CONVECTION; MULTIPLICITY; PERIODIC OSCILLATIONS;

FORCED CONVECTION;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHANNEL FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; FLOW PATTERNS; FORCED CONVECTION; FRICTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUSSELT NUMBER; OSCILLATIONS;

EID: 33846575194     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Culbertson C.T., Jacobson S.C., and Ramsey J.M. Microchip devices for high-efficiency separations. Anal. Chem. 72 (2000) 5814-5881
2. Yamaguchi Y., Takagi F., Watari T., Yamashita K., Nakamura H., Shimizu H., and Maeda H. Interface configuration of the two layered laminar flow in a curved microchannel. Chem. Eng. J. 101 (2004) 367-372
3. Griffiths S.K., and Nilson R.H. Low-dispersion turns and junctions for microchannel systems. Anal. Chem. 73 (2001) 272-278
4. Tsai C.H., Tai C.H., Fu L.M., and Wu F.B. Experimental and numerical analysis of the geometry effects of low-dispersion turns in microfluidic systems. J. Micromech. Microeng. 15 (2005) 377-385
5. Yang W.H., Zhang J.Z., and Cheng H.E. The study of flow characteristics of curved microchannel. Appl. Thermal Eng. 25 (2005) 1894-1907
6. Gad-el-Hak M. In: Gad-el-Hak M. (Ed). Flow physics 4 (2002), CRC MEMS Handbook 1-38
7. Mehendale S.S., Jacobi A.M., and Shah R.K. Flow and heat transfer at micro- and meso-scales with application to heat exchanger design. Appl. Mech. Rev. 53 (2000) 175-193
8. Sharp K.V., Adrian R.J., Santiago J.G., and Molho J.I. In: Gad-el-Hak M. (Ed). Liquid flow in microchannels 6 (2002), CRC MEMS Handbook 1-38
9. Harms T.M., Kazmieczak M.J., and Gerner F.M. Developing convective heat transfer in deep rectangular microchannels. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 20 (1999) 149-157
10. Judy J., Maynes D., and Webb B.W. Characterization of frictional pressure drop for liquid flows through microchannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 45 (2002) 3477-3489
11. Mala G.M., and Li D.Q. Flow character of water in microtubes. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow 20 (1999) 142-148
12. Adams T.M., Dowling M.F., Abdel-Khalik S.I., and Jeter S.M. Applicability of traditional turbulent single-phase forced convection correlations to non-circular microchannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 42 (1999) 4411-4415
13. Adams T.M., Abdel-Khalik S.I., Jeter S.M., and Qureshi Z.H. An experimental investigation of single-phase forced convection in microchannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 41 (1998) 851-857
14. R.S. Stanley, Two-Phase Flow in Microchannels, PhD Thesis, Louisiana Technological University, 1997.
15. Wang L.Q., and Cheng K.C. Flow transitions and combined free and forced convective heat transfer in rotating curved channels: the case of positive rotation. Phys. Fluids 8 (1996) 1553-1573
16. Seydel R. Practical Bifurcation and Stability Analysis: From Equilibrium to Chaos (1994), Springer-Verlag, New York
17. Wang L.Q., Wei H.C., and Zhou X.S. Engineering Numerical Analysis (2002), Shandong University Press, Jinan
18. Wang L.Q., and Yang T.L. Multiplicity and stability of convection in curved ducts: review and progress. Adv. Heat Transfer 38 (2004) 203-256
19. Winters K.H. A bifurcation study of laminar flow in a curved tube of rectangular cross-section. J. Fluid Mech. 180 (1987) 342-369
20. Yang T.L., and Wang L.Q. Bifurcation and stability of combined free and forced convection in rotating curved ducts of square cross-section. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 46 (2003) 613-629
21. Wang L.Q., and Yang T.L. Bifurcation and stability of forced convection in curved ducts of square cross-section. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 47 (2004) 2971-2987
22. Guo Y., and Finlay W.H. Splitting, merging and wavelength selection of vortices in curved and/or rotating channel flow due to Eckhaus instability. J. Fluid Mech. 228 (1991) 661-691
23. Huang N.E., Shen Z., Long S.R., Wu M.C., Shin H.H., Zheng Q., Yen N.C., Tung C.C., and Liu H.H. The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis. Pro. R Soc. Lond. A 454 (1998) 903-995