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Evaluation Of A Microfluidic Mixer Utilizing Staggered Herringbone Channels: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach, Brian Hama
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Microfluidic platforms offer a variety of advantages including improved heat transfer, low working volumes, ease of scale-up, and strong user control on parameters. However, flow within microfluidic channels occurs at low Reynolds numbers, which makes mixing difficult to accomplish. Adding V-shaped ridges to channel walls, a pattern called the staggered herringbone design (SHB), might alleviate this problem by introducing transverse flow patterns that enable enhanced mixing. However, certain factors affecting the SHB mixer’s performance remain largely unexplored.
In this work, a microfluidic mixer utilizing the SHB geometry was developed and characterized using computational fluid dynamics based simulations and complimentary experiments. …
Heat And Momentum Transfer Analogies For The Transitional And Turbulent Flow Of A Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluid In A Heated Pipe, Prapat Wangskarn, Bahman Ghorashi
Heat And Momentum Transfer Analogies For The Transitional And Turbulent Flow Of A Non-Newtonian Power-Law Fluid In A Heated Pipe, Prapat Wangskarn, Bahman Ghorashi
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications
A model is proposed for the transfer of heat to non-Newtonian power-law fluids flowing in heated horizontal pipes. Comparisons with the existing models, based on the absolute-percent-arithmetic-average-deviation and the percent-standard-deviation, show that under the transitional and turbulent flow regimes the proposed correlation fits the experimental data more accurately over a wide range of flow behavior index and there are no restrictions for its use when applied to pseudoplastic fluids.
A Numerical Solution For The Turbulent Flow Of Non-Newtonian Fluids In The Entrance Region Of A Heated Circular Tube, Prapat Wangskarn, Bahman Ghorashi, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
A Numerical Solution For The Turbulent Flow Of Non-Newtonian Fluids In The Entrance Region Of A Heated Circular Tube, Prapat Wangskarn, Bahman Ghorashi, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications
Numerical solutions of conservation equations are obtained for turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids in a circular tube. The forward marching procedure of Patankar and Spalding^1 was implemented in order to obtain the simultaneous development of the velocity and temperature fields by using the apparent viscosity of fluids. Prandtl's mixing length concept is used to determine the apparent turbulent shearing stress. Furthermore, local and average Nusselt numbers are obtained in the entrance region, as well as in the fully developed region. For the case of the fully developed region, values of the Nusselt numbers …
Asymptotic Boundary-Layer Solutions For Mixed Convection From A Vertical Surface In A Micropolar Fluid, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Paul P. Lin, An-Jen J. Yang
Asymptotic Boundary-Layer Solutions For Mixed Convection From A Vertical Surface In A Micropolar Fluid, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Paul P. Lin, An-Jen J. Yang
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications
Using the theory of micropolar fluids due to Eringen, asymptotic boundary layer solutions are presented to study the combined convection from a vertical semi-infinite plate to a micropolar fluid. Consideration is given to the region close to the leading edge as well as the region far away from the leading edge. Numerical results are obtained for the velocity, angular velocity and temperature distribution. The missing wall values of the velocity, angular velocity and thermal functions are tabulated. Micropolar fluids display drag reduction and reduced surface heat transfer rate when compared to Newtonian fluids.
Mixed Convection In Vertical Internal Flow Of A Micropolar Fluid, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Bahman Ghorashi, Prapat Wangskarn
Mixed Convection In Vertical Internal Flow Of A Micropolar Fluid, Rama Subba Reddy Gorla, Bahman Ghorashi, Prapat Wangskarn
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications
The theory of micropolar fluids due to Eringen is used to formulate a set of equations for the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the combined convection micropolar flow in vertical channels. It is found that the microstructure and substructure parameters have significant effects on the flow and thermal fields. By making the Newtonian solvent more and more micropolar, it is possible to obtain drag reduction as well as reduced heat transfer characteristics.