Pressure drop in rectangular microchannels as compared with theory based on arbitrary cross section

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0412021-0412028

  Akbari, Mohsen ^a   Sinton, David ^b   Bahrami, Majid ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY CROSS SECTION; CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION; DEVELOPING REGIONS; DISTILLED WATER; FRICTION FACTORS; GENERAL MODEL; IN-CHANNELS; LIQUID FLOW; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; SOFT LITHOGRAPHY; STREAMING POTENTIAL; WORKING FLUID;

ASPECT RATIO; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SILICONES;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 76349115022     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3077143     Document Type: Article

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