Journal article
Topology optimization of viscoelastic rectifiers
Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1
Theoretical Microsystems Optimization, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark3
The Danish Polymer Centre, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
An approach for the design of microfluidic viscoelastic rectifiers is presented based on a combination of a viscoelastic model and the method of topology optimization. This presumption free approach yields a material layout topologically different from experimentally realized rectifiers, and simulations indicate superior performance for the optimized design in the regime of moderate elasticity.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Pages: | 234102 |
| ISSN: | 10773118 and 00036951 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.4728108 |
| ORCIDs: | Jensen, Kristian Ejlebjærg and Szabo, Peter |
