Effects of planar inlet plenums on the hydrodynamically developing flows in rectangular microchannels of complementary aspect ratios

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Lee, Sang Youp ^a,b   Jang, Jaesung ^a   Wereley, Steven T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect ratio of rectangular microchannel; Entrance length; Hydrodynamically developing flow; Micro particle image velocimetry; Rectangular microchannel

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS;

DECAYING EXPONENTIAL FITTING FUNCTION; ENTRANCE LENGTH CORRELATIONS; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNEL;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 44249089748     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0179-y     Document Type: Article

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