Numerical analysis of high frequency pulsating flows through a diffuser-nozzle element in valveless acoustic micropumps

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-681

  Nabavi, Majid ^a   Mongeau, Luc ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic micropumps; Acoustic standing waves; Microdiffuser; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STANDING WAVES; AXISYMMETRIC; ENERGY LOSS; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; HIGH FREQUENCY; INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOWS; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; LIFE-TIMES; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; MICRO PUMP; MICRODIFFUSER; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PULSATING FLOW; TIME VARYING; TIME-AVERAGED; VOLUME FLUX; WAVE FORMS;

ELASTIC WAVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NOZZLES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PUMPS; STANDING WAVE METERS; WAVES;

ACOUSTICS;

EID: 70449521336     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-009-0427-4     Document Type: Article

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