A flexible layout design method for passive micromixers

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 929-945

  Deng, Yongbo ^a   Liu, Zhenyu ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Liu, Yongshun ^a,b   Gao, Qingyong ^a,b   Wu, Yihui ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Layout design; Manufacturing feasibility; Passive micromixer; Periodic layout; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; FLUIDIC FLOW; LAYOUT DESIGNS; MICROMIXERS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; PASSIVE MICROMIXER; PERIODIC LAYOUT; TRIAL-AND-ERROR METHOD;

MANUFACTURE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

DESIGN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLEXIBLE LAYOUT DESIGN METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITERATURE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MIXER; PASSIVE MICROMIXER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PUBLICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870301694     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-012-9672-5     Document Type: Article

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