Flow structure in a wide microchannel with surface grooves

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Somashekar, Vishwanath ^a   Olsen, Michael G ^a   Stremler, Mark A ^b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfluidics; Mixing; Secondary flow

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MICROCHANNELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHANNEL INTERFACES; COUNTER-ROTATING; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLUID INERTIAS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES; MIXING; PRESSURE-DRIVEN FLOWS; REYNOLDS; SOLID BOUNDARIES; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; SURFACE GROOVES; SURFACE PATTERNS; VELOCITY FIELDS;

SECONDARY FLOW;

EID: 60049099905     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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