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Micron-Level Actuator For Thermal-Fluid Control In Microchannels, Nurhak Erbas Jul 2006

Micron-Level Actuator For Thermal-Fluid Control In Microchannels, Nurhak Erbas

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Effectiveness of an actuator is investigated for thermal-flow control in microchannels. First, simulations of a single actuator in a quiescent external medium are performed in order to study the parameters characterizing the synthetic jet flow from the actuator. For this purpose, a simplified, two-dimensional configuration is considered. The membrane motion is modeled in a realistic manner as a moving boundary in order to accurately compute the flow inside the actuator cavity. The geometric and actuation parameters of the actuator are investigated to define the effectiveness of the jet flow. The study is done initially at macro scales. Then, the flow …