Flow Direction-Dependent Elastic Instability in a Symmetry-Breaking Microchannel

This paper reports flow direction-dependent elastic instability in a symmetry-breaking microchannel. The microchannel consisted of a square chamber and a nozzle structure. A viscoelastic polyacrylamide solution was used for the instability demonstration. The instability was realized as the viscoelas...

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Main Authors: Wu Zhang, Zihuang Wang, Meng Zhang, Jiahan Lin, Weiqian Chen, Yuhong Hu, Shuzhou Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Micromachines
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/10/1139