An analytical model for a liquid plug moving in curved microchannels

• Main Authors: Che, Zhizhao, Wong, Teck Neng, Nguyen, Nam-Trung
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94214; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7838
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Droplet-based microfluidics has wide applications and triggers numerous researchers’ interest. It is significant to study the flow field inside a droplet moving in microchannels. This paper presents an analytical method to investigate the flow field inside a confined droplet (a plug) moving in curve...