Publisher's Synopsis
In the last few decades, owing to the rapid developments in micro-electronics and biotechnologies, the applied research in micro-coolers, micro-biochips, micro-reactors, and micro-fuel cells have been expanding at a tremendous pace. Among these micro-fluidic systems, micro-channels have been identified to be one of the essential elements to transport fluid within a miniature area. In addition to connecting different chemical chambers, micro-channels are also used for reactant delivery, physical particle separation, fluidic control, chemical mixing, and computer chips cooling. Generally speaking, the designs and the process controls of Micro-Electro-Mechanical- Systems (MEMS) and micro-fluidic systems involved the impact of geometrical configurations on the temperature, pressure, and velocity distributions of the fluid on the micrometer scale. Therefore, in order to fabricate such micro devices effectively, it is extremely important to understand the fundamental mechanisms involved in fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in micro-channels since their behavior affects the transport phenomena for the bulk of MEMS and micro-fluidic applications. Overall, the published studies based on an extensive literature reviews include a variety of fluid types, micro-channel cross-section configurations, flow rates, analytical techniques, and channel materials. Fluid Dynamics in Micro-channels is a compilation of research articles on issues and related areas associated with the micro-channels are summarized. As the field of micro-fluidic systems continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the mechanisms and fundamental differences involved in micro- scale fluid flow. To study the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics of fluid flow in micro-channels, this work used experimental measure and numerical simulation to investigate the behavior of flow and temperature fields in micro-channels. Rapid development of micro-mechanics, stimulated during the last decades numerous investigations in the field of fluid mechanics of micro-devices. Research in this field is important for different applications in micro-system technology, in particular, micro-scaled cooling systems of electronic devices which generate high power. In the last few decades, owing to the rapid developments in micro-electronics and biotechnologies, the applied research in micro-coolers, micro-biochips, micro-reactors, and micro-fuel cells have been expanding at a tremendous pace. Among these micro-fluidic systems, micro-channels have been identified to be one of the essential elements to transport fluid within a miniature area. In addition to connecting different chemical chambers, micro-channels are also used for reactant delivery, physical particle separation, fluidic control, chemical mixing, and computer chips cooling. Generally speaking, the designs and the process controls of Micro-Electro-Mechanical- Systems (MEMS) and micro-fluidic systems involved the impact of geometrical configurations on the temperature, pressure, and velocity distributions of the fluid on the micrometer scale. Therefore, in order to fabricate such micro devices effectively, it is extremely important to understand the fundamental mechanisms involved in fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in micro-channels since their behavior affects the transport phenomena for the bulk of MEMS and micro-fluidic applications. Overall, the published studies based on an extensive literature reviews include a variety of fluid types, micro-channel cross-section configurations, flow rates, analytical techniques, and channel materials. Fluid Dynamics in Micro-channels is a compilation of research articles on issues and related areas associated with the micro-channels are summarized. As the field of micro-fluidic systems continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the mechanisms and fundamental differences involved in micro- scale fluid flow. To study the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics of fluid flow in micro-channels, this work used experimental measure and numerical simulation to investigate the behavior of flow and temperature fields in micro-channels. Rapid development of micro-mechanics, stimulated during the last decades numerous investigations in the field of fluid mechanics of micro-devices. Research in this field is important for different applications in micro-system technology, in particular, micro-scaled cooling systems of electronic devices which generate high power. In the last few decades, owing to the rapid developments in micro-electronics and biotechnologies, the applied research in micro-coolers, micro-biochips, micro-reactors, and micro-fuel cells have been expanding at a tremendous pace. Among these micro-fluidic systems, micro-channels have been identified to be one of the essential elements to transport fluid within a miniature area. In addition to connecting different chemical chambers, micro-channels are also used for reactant delivery, physical particle separation, fluidic control, chemical mixing, and computer chips cooling. Generally speaking, the designs and the process controls of Micro-Electro-Mechanical- Systems (MEMS) and micro-fluidic systems involved the impact of geometrical configurations on the temperature, pressure, and velocity distributions of the fluid on the micrometer scale. Therefore, in order to fabricate such micro devices effectively, it is extremely important to understand the fundamental mechanisms involved in fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in micro-channels since their behavior affects the transport phenomena for the bulk of MEMS and micro-fluidic applications. Overall, the published studies based on an extensive literature reviews include a variety of fluid types, micro-channel cross-section configurations, flow rates, analytical techniques, and channel materials. Fluid Dynamics in Micro-channels is a compilation of research articles on issues and related areas associated with the micro-channels are summarized. As the field of micro-fluidic systems continues to grow, it is becoming increasingly important to understand the mechanisms and fundamental differences involved in micro- scale fluid flow. To study the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics of fluid flow in micro-channels, this work used experimental measure and numerical simulation to investigate the behavior of flow and temperature fields in micro-channels. Rapid development of micro-mechanics, stimulated during the last decades numerous investigations in the field of fluid mechanics of micro-devices. Research in this field is important for different applications in micro-system technology, in particular, micro-scaled cooling systems of electronic devices which generate high power.