Numerical Simulation of Y-shaped Valve-less Micro-pumps
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Numerical simulations are conducted to investigate the mechanisms of developed valve-less micro-pumps by using commercial software CFX-5. In the numerical simulations unsteady vortexes are observed at the jucntion. The vortexes work as the dynamic valve of the micro-pump. We also observed micro-pump and conducted PIV analysis in order to confirm the validity of numerical simulations. PIV results agreed well with the simulation results.
