A general model for predicting low reynolds number flow pressure drop in non-uniform microchannels of non-circular cross section in continuum and slip-flow regimes

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Akbari, M ^e   Tamayol, A ^a,b,c   Bahrami, M ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CREEPING FLOWS; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; NONCIRCULAR CROSS SECTION; NUMERICAL DATA; POLAR MOMENT OF INERTIAS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84903793375     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023785     Document Type: Article

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