A multifold reduction in the transition Reynolds number, and ultra-fast mixing, in a micro-channel due to a dynamical instability induced by a soft wall

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 727, Issue , 2013, Pages 407-455

  Verma, M K S ^a   Kumaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Instability; Microfluidics; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; PARALLEL FLOW; PLASMA STABILITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CRITICAL REYNOLDS NUMBER; DYNAMICAL INSTABILITIES; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILE; RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; SPONTANEOUS TRANSITION; TRANSITION REYNOLDS NUMBER; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CROSS SECTION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FLOW STABILITY; FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84886298052     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.264     Document Type: Article

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