A comprehensive theoretical model of capillary transport in rectangular microchannels

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Waghmare, Prashant R ^a   Mitra, Sushanta K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary flow; Entrance pressure field; Rectangular microchannels; Transient velocity profile

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TRANSPORT; CREEPING FLOWS; FLUID CONTROL; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; MOMENTUM EQUATION; PRESSURE FIELD; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; STEADY STATE; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSIENT PROCESS; TRANSIENT VELOCITY; TRANSIENT VELOCITY PROFILE; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VEHICULAR TUNNELS; VELOCITY;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84856228694     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-011-0848-8     Document Type: Article

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