Numerical Simulations of liquid flow in a micro-channel between two horizontal plates are performed. The channel is infinite in streamwise and spanwise directions and its height is taken as 3.1×10−4 m which falls within the dimension ranges of micro-channels. The Navier-Stokes equations with the addition of Brinkman number (Br) to the energy equation are used as the governing equations and a spectral methods based approach is applied to obtain the required accuracy to handle liquid flow in the micro-channel. It is known for micro-channels that Br combines the effects of conduction and viscous dissipation in liquids and is also a way of comparing the importance of later relative to former. A laminar flow of a liquid in a micro-channel shows different characteristics compared to a similar flow in a macro-channel. To observe the differences, three different cases are run over each of a range of Reynolds numbers: one with no axial conduction assumption that correspond to a case similar to macro-channel flow, another case with axial conduction included in the energy equation to simulate one of the main differences and lastly a case with inclusion of Br number in the governing equations. The results are compared with each other to see the effects of axial conduction and Br inclusion. A qualitative comparison is made with the previous results in literature.
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ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems
July 17–22, 2005
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Direct Numerical Simulation of Liquid Flow in a Horizontal Microchannel
Cenk Evren Ku¨krer,
Cenk Evren Ku¨krer
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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I˙lker Tarı
I˙lker Tarı
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Cenk Evren Ku¨krer
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
I˙lker Tarı
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Paper No:
HT2005-72824, pp. 957-965; 9 pages
Published Online:
March 9, 2009
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Ku¨krer, CE, & Tarı, I. "Direct Numerical Simulation of Liquid Flow in a Horizontal Microchannel." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference collocated with the ASME 2005 Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems. Heat Transfer: Volume 3. San Francisco, California, USA. July 17–22, 2005. pp. 957-965. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/HT2005-72824
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