Simulation of Droplet Trains in Microfluidic Networks
Fluid Dynamics
2013-05-29 v1
Abstract
In this work we show that in a microfluidic network and in low Reynolds numbers a system can be irreversible because of hysteresis effects.The network, which is employed in our simulations, is taken from recent experiments. The network consists of one loop connected to input and output pipes. A train of droplets enter the system at a uniform rate, but they may leave it in different patterns, e.g. periodic or even chaotic. The out put pattern depends on the time interval among the incoming droplets as well as the network geometry and for some parameters the system is not reversible.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.2085,
title = {Simulation of Droplet Trains in Microfluidic Networks},
author = {Mehran Djalali Behzad and Hamed Seyed-allaei and Mohammad Reza Ejtehadi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2085},
year = {2013}
}