A novel passive micromixer based on unbalanced splits and collisions of fluid streams

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ansari, Mubashshir Ahmad ^a   Kim, Kwang Yong ^a   Anwar, Khalid ^a   Kim, Sun Min ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DEAN VORTEX; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLUID STREAMS; MASS FLOW RATE; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PASSIVE MICROMIXER; SUBCHANNELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; TWO-FLUID;

FLUIDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77951988266     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/5/055007     Document Type: Article

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