TY - JOUR
T1 - Microchannels for the flow control of two fluids with different volumes
AU - La, Moonwoo
AU - Ho, Jae Yun
AU - Kim, Dong Sung
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - In this paper, microchannels for the flow control of two fluids with different volumes have been designed, fabricated, and verified. The dimensions of the inlets were determined based on the Stokes equation in order to realize that the flow of the two fluids meet at the same time, and to maintain a certain configuration when the flows passed through each inlet channel. The designed microchannels were confirmed using computational fluid dynamics simulation for the incompressible, Newtonian, and transient flows. In addition, a microfiuidic system containing the designed microchannels was fabricated by soft lithography, and the pressure-driven flows of the two fluids were characterized by microfiuidic experiments.
AB - In this paper, microchannels for the flow control of two fluids with different volumes have been designed, fabricated, and verified. The dimensions of the inlets were determined based on the Stokes equation in order to realize that the flow of the two fluids meet at the same time, and to maintain a certain configuration when the flows passed through each inlet channel. The designed microchannels were confirmed using computational fluid dynamics simulation for the incompressible, Newtonian, and transient flows. In addition, a microfiuidic system containing the designed microchannels was fabricated by soft lithography, and the pressure-driven flows of the two fluids were characterized by microfiuidic experiments.
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U2 - 10.3795/KSME-B.2012.36.1.089
DO - 10.3795/KSME-B.2012.36.1.089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862926325
SN - 1226-4881
VL - 36
SP - 89
EP - 95
JO - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B
JF - Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, B
IS - 1
ER -