Robust design of an active micro-mixer based on the Taguchi method

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 790-798

  Park, Jae Yong ^a   Kim, Yong Dae ^a   Kim, Sang Rak ^a   Han, Seog Young ^a   Maeng, Joo Sung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Design of experiment; Lattice Boltzmann method; Micro mixer; Robust design; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MICROCHANNELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ACTIVE MICRO MIXERS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHODS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 38949132192     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.09.064     Document Type: Article

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