Numerical analysis of the 3D flow induced by propagation of plane-wave deformations on thin membranes inside microchannels

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, ICNMM2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 577-586

  Fatih Tabak, Ahmet ^a   Yeşilyurt, Serhat ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; MICROPUMPS; PLANE-WAVE DEFORMATIONS;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROCHANNELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 37248999805     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICNMM2007-30135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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