Design, modeling and fabrication of a constant flow pneumatic micropump

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 891-899

  Inman, Walker ^a,b   Domansky, Karel ^b   Serdy, James ^a   Owens, Bryan ^a   Trumper, David ^a   Griffith, Linda G ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CAPACITORS; DIAPHRAGMS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PULSATILE FLOW;

CNC MILL; CONTINUOUS FLOW STREAM; INTEGRATED FLUIDIC CAPACITOR; PNEUMATIC DIAPHRAGM MICROPUMP;

PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34247472109     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/17/5/007     Document Type: Article

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