Phelan Jr., F.
, Hughes, N.
and Pathak, J.
(2021),
Analysis of the Mechanism for Chaotic Mixing in Oscillatory Flow Microfluidic Devices, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed May 24, 2025)
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Analysis of the Mechanism for Chaotic Mixing in Oscillatory Flow Microfluidic Devices
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Flow in a cross channel mixer has been explored as a model system for mixing fluids in microfluidic devices using oscillatory flow boundary conditions, via numerical simulation of the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations. Calculations for purely oscillatory motion show that chaotic flow can be achieved in which Lagrangian particles orbit on an attractor whose size and characteristics are determined by a Strouhal number. The flow generated in the device by this means shows two characteristics of chaos: a positive effective Lyapunov exponent and stretching and folding of materials lines leading to dispersion.Citation
Physical Review Letters
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chaos, finite element method, lyapunov exponent, microfluidics, mixing, ocillatory flow
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Created October 12, 2021