Viscous flow in a tube or slot

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Viscous flow in a tube or slot
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Pressure drop flow rate
Tritton, Physical Fluid Mechanics
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Flow in a capillary

• Applications
• Drug delivery
• Electronics cooling

0.5 mm diam.
Natrajan Christensen (2006)
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Measurements
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Flow in a microchannel
1500 x 15 x 1.5 mm

• Applications
• Blood analysis
• Chemical analysis

Whisker probe
Piorek et al. (2005)
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Results