CFD-based study of velocity distribution among multiple parallel microchannels

Journal of Computers

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1133-1138

  Minqiang, Pan ^a   Dehuai, Zeng ^a,b   Yong, Tang ^a   Dongqing, Chen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Manifold; Parallel microchannel; Velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

MANIFOLD; PARALLEL MICROCHANNEL; PARALLEL MICROCHANNELS; SIMULATION RESULT; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL FILTERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY CONTROL;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78651554971     PISSN: 1796203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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