Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels

Three isoperimetric results are treated. (i) At a given pressure gradient, for all channels with given (cross-sectional) area that which maximises the steady flow $Q_{\rm steady}$ has a circular cross-section. (ii) Consider flows starting from prescribed initial conditions developing from a prescrib...

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Main Authors: Keady, G., Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
Format: Journal Article
Published: - 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57956
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Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
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description Three isoperimetric results are treated. (i) At a given pressure gradient, for all channels with given (cross-sectional) area that which maximises the steady flow $Q_{\rm steady}$ has a circular cross-section. (ii) Consider flows starting from prescribed initial conditions developing from a prescribed imposed pressure gradient, either periodic or steady. For such flows, amongst all channels with given area, that which generically has the slowest approach to the long-term, periodic or steady, flow is the circular disk cross-section. (iii) Similar results for polygonal, $n$-gon, channels, with the optimising shape being the regular $n$-gon are discussed
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-579562017-11-20T08:49:42Z Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels Keady, G. Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan Three isoperimetric results are treated. (i) At a given pressure gradient, for all channels with given (cross-sectional) area that which maximises the steady flow $Q_{\rm steady}$ has a circular cross-section. (ii) Consider flows starting from prescribed initial conditions developing from a prescribed imposed pressure gradient, either periodic or steady. For such flows, amongst all channels with given area, that which generically has the slowest approach to the long-term, periodic or steady, flow is the circular disk cross-section. (iii) Similar results for polygonal, $n$-gon, channels, with the optimising shape being the regular $n$-gon are discussed 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57956 - restricted
spellingShingle Keady, G.
Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title_full Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title_fullStr Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title_full_unstemmed Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title_short Some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
title_sort some isoperimetric results concerning undirectional flows in microchannels
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57956