DocumentCode
164174
Title
Droplets formation in microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing channels — Numerical investigation
Author
Marculescu, Catalin ; Balan, Catalin Mihai ; Avram, Andrei ; Avram, Marioara
Author_Institution
Micro & Nano Fluidics Lab., IMT-Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
fYear
2014
fDate
13-15 Oct. 2014
Firstpage
295
Lastpage
298
Abstract
The present microfluidic study is emphasizing the flow behavior of two immiscible fluids within a microchannel with three inlets and one outlet. We report here a numerical investigation on the interface shape dynamics manifested at different flow rate ratios (FRR) over the inlets. Changing only the FRR of the inlets, the droplets behavior modifies drastically. From the numerical point of view, the interface shape is used to characterize the manifestation of droplet formation.
Keywords
drops; flow simulation; hydrodynamics; microfluidics; numerical analysis; FRR; droplet behavior; droplets formation; flow behavior; immiscible fluids; inlets; interface shape dynamics; microchannel; microfluidic hydrodynamic focusing channels; numerical investigation; Equations; Fluids; Focusing; Geometry; Microfluidics; Shape; Three-dimensional displays; CFD; droplet behavior; immiscible fluids; interfacial tension; microchannel;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2014 International
Conference_Location
Sinaia
ISSN
1545-827X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3916-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SMICND.2014.6966465
Filename
6966465
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