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Numerical simulation of micro-fluidic passive and active mixers
| dc.creator | Kumar, Saurabh | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T23:15:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T23:15:31Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2002 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2002-THESIS-K82 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-83). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Numerical simulations of mixing using passive and active techniques are performed. For passive mixing, numerical modeling of a micro-fluidic device, build by Holden and Cremer, was performed. The micro-fluidic device consists of a Y-junction that allows inflow of two different species of fluid into a main-channel. The main-channel eventually splits into eleven smaller output micro-channels. This device enables control of molecular diffusion from one fluid stream into the other by regulating the flow rate. Hence, output channels exhibit predetermined concentration values, which allow concentration dependent chemistry experiments in each output channel. Convective diffusive transport in this micro mixer is studied numerically and theoretically. Our model prediction are compared with the experimental data. Numerical simulations of a peristaltically driven micro mixer is studied as a function of the travelling wave amplitude and the Reynolds number. First the numerical scheme was verified for small deformation cases for moderate and large Reynolds numbers. Kinematics of large deformation conditions are studied for various Reynolds numbers. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | mechanical engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major mechanical engineering. | en |
| dc.title | Numerical simulation of micro-fluidic passive and active mixers | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | mechanical engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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