Evaluation of the performance of a valveless micropump by CFD and lumped-system analyses

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-148

  Tsui, Yeng Yung ^a   Lu, Shiue Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD analysis; Lumped system analysis; Nozzle diffuser; Valveless micropumps

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; PUMPS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARK SOLUTIONS; CFD ANALYSIS; LOSS COEFFICIENTS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIMULATION; PUMPING EFFICIENCY; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VALVELESS MICROPUMPS; VELOCITY BOUNDARY CONDITION;

LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS;

EID: 55349119851     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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