TY - GEN
T1 - Analytical solutions for laminar fully-developed flow in microchannels with non-circular cross-section
AU - Tamayol, A.
AU - Bahrami, M.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Analytical solutions are presented for laminar fully-developed flow in micro/minichannels of hyperelliptical and regular polygonal cross-sections. The considered geometries cover a wide range of common simply connected shapes including circle, ellipse, rectangle, rhomboid, star-shape, equilateral triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon. Therefore, the present approach can be considered as a general solution. Predicted results for the velocity distribution and pressure drop are successfully compared with existing analytical solutions and experimental data collected from various sources for a variety of geometries, including: polygonal, rectangular, circular, elliptical, and rhombic cross-sections.
AB - Analytical solutions are presented for laminar fully-developed flow in micro/minichannels of hyperelliptical and regular polygonal cross-sections. The considered geometries cover a wide range of common simply connected shapes including circle, ellipse, rectangle, rhomboid, star-shape, equilateral triangle, square, pentagon, and hexagon. Therefore, the present approach can be considered as a general solution. Predicted results for the velocity distribution and pressure drop are successfully compared with existing analytical solutions and experimental data collected from various sources for a variety of geometries, including: polygonal, rectangular, circular, elliptical, and rhombic cross-sections.
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U2 - 10.1115/FEDSM2009-78167
DO - 10.1115/FEDSM2009-78167
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952943360
SN - 9780791843727
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference 2009, FEDSM2009
SP - 1323
EP - 1333
BT - Proceedings of the ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference 2009, FEDSM2009
T2 - 2009 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference, FEDSM2009
Y2 - 2 August 2009 through 6 August 2009
ER -