Spectral characterization of mixing properties of annular MHD micromixers

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 747-761

  Cerbelli, S ^a   Adrover, A ^a   Garofalo, F ^a   Giona, Max ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advection diffusion equation; MHD micromixers; Mixing regimes; Spectral characterization

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION - DIFFUSION; ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; BIO-MOLECULAR; DOMINANT EIGENVALUE; EIGEN FUNCTION; INFLOW-OUTFLOW; MHD MICROMIXERS; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING PROPERTY; NONUNIFORM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

ADVECTION; DIFFUSION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MOTION CONTROL; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

MIXING;

EID: 67349096329     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-008-0342-0     Document Type: Article

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