Measurements and simulations of time-dependent flow fields within an electrokinetic micromixer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 676, Issue , 2011, Pages 265-293

  Barz, Dominik P J ^a,c   Zadeh, Hamid Farangis ^a   Ehrhard, Peter ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

microfluidics; mixing enhancement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); VELOCITY;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; COMPLEX FLOW FIELD; ELECTRICAL FIELD; MICRO PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; MICROFABRICATION PROCESS; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; TIME-DEPENDENT FLOW;

FLOW FIELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; MIXING;

EID: 85027957100     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.44     Document Type: Article

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