Parametric design of fixed-geometry microvalves - The Tesser valve

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 431-437

  Forster, Fred K ^a   Williams, Brian E ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NOZZLES; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TESTING;

DIODICITY; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO PUMP; MICRO VALVES; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARAMETRIC DESCRIPTION; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; PLANFORM; TESLA-TYPE VALVES;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

EID: 78249273636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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