Indexed by: Journal paper

Document Code: 90

First Author: Chaoqun Wu

Correspondence Author: Zhigang Wu

Co-author: Chaoqun WuKai TangBing GuJie DengZhenhua LiuZhigang Wu

Journal: Microfluid Nanofluid

Included Journals: SCI

Discipline: Engineering

First-Level Discipline: Mechanical Engineering

Funded by: 湖北省自然科学基金No.2015CFA110

Document Type: J

Volume: 20

Issue: 6

Page Number: 1-11

ISSN No.: 1613-4982

Key Words: Concentration-dependent Viscous mixing Fluid properties Passive micromixer Chaotic advection

Date of Publication: 2016-05-31

Abstract: In microfluidic mixing, great attention has been devoted to the structural design to enhance mixing efficiency. However, the influence of the variant viscosity in the mixing process is rarely discussed due to the practical challenges originated from the strong and complex couplings between species concentration and other fluid properties such as density, viscosity and diffusion coefficient. In this work, a group of coupling relationships among concentration, density, viscosity, as well as diffusion coefficient are introduced to accurately simulate the mixing process with a viscous flow involve

Links to published journals: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10404-016-1755-9