microfluidic simulation – TechConnect Briefs

Design Simulations of a Micropump with Multiple Actuating Mechanisms

Koombua K., Pidaparti R.M., Virginia Commonwealth University, US

This paper presented the design simulations of a valveless micropump with novel multiple vibrating membranes as actuators and investigated its performance characteristics. The designed PDMS micropump consists of three nozzle/diffuser elements with vibrating membranes that [...]

A Neural Network Based Macromodel for Microflow Sensors

Mikulchenko O., Rasmussen A., Mayaram K., Washington State University, US

A neural network based macromodel has been developed for a microflow sensor and implemented in the circuit simulator SPICE3f5. The model has been validated with numerical simulations and allows accurate and efficient simulation of microflow [...]

Simulation of (Self-) Priming in Capillary Systems Using Lumped Models

Sesterhenn M., Mellmann J., Löhr M., Stierle B., Strobelt T., Sandmaier H., University of Stuttgart, DE

In this paper, a toolbox of lumped models for simulating (self-)priming and emptying of complex capillary networks is presented. Each model is a kind of an all-in-one-model, that considers inertia, friction, gravitation and capillarity and [...]