Fluid mixing in a zigzag microchannel of trapezoidal cross-section

Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Azumi, Takayasu ^a,b   Sumitomo, Chie ^a   Hirata, Yushi ^a   Inoue, Yoshiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Patent Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microchannel; Mixedness; Trapezoidal cross section; Zigzag channel

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FLUID MIXING; MIXEDNESS; PARTICLE TRACERS; TRAPEZOIDAL CHANNELS; TRAPEZOIDAL CROSS-SECTION; ZIGZAG CHANNEL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 34247383230     PISSN: 0386216X     EISSN: 13499203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.33.173     Document Type: Article

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