• DocumentCode
    338006
  • Title

    Computational fluid dynamics modeling of flexural plate wave pumps

  • Author

    Nguyen, N.T. ; Doering, R.W. ; Lal, A. ; White, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    1998
  • Firstpage
    431
  • Abstract
    This paper presents design issues and a numerical model of a micromachined pump based on acoustic streaming in water. Influences of channel height, wave amplitude, and backpressure on the velocity profile and flow rate are investigated. Using these results, design rules for the acoustic micropump are derived. Thermal transport effects of the acoustic streaming are also discussed in order to integrate a thermal flow sensor into the pump or to apply the pump for cooling purposes
  • Keywords
    acoustic streaming; computational fluid dynamics; micropumps; acoustic micropump; acoustic streaming; computational fluid dynamics; cooling device; design; flexural plate wave pump; micromachining; numerical model; thermal flow sensor; thermal transport; Acoustic devices; Acoustic sensors; Biomembranes; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Cooling; Equations; Micropumps; Numerical models; Pumps;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Ultrasonics Symposium, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Sendai
  • ISSN
    1051-0117
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4095-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ULTSYM.1998.762181
  • Filename
    762181