• 기계저널
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.50-56
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• 2004

이 글에서 먼저 microfluidics에 관련된 유동제어 기술을 먼저 살펴보고 microfluidic와 nanofluidics의 차이점을 살펴본 후 nanofluidic에 대해 다루기로 한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.774-779
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• 2008

마이크로 초음속 제트유동 특성에 관한 실험적 연구가 이루어졌다. 노즐 출구직경이 440 ${\mu}m$인 음속노즐과 노즐 출구직경이 800 ${\mu}m$이고 노즐출구 마하수가 2.0인 Laval 노즐이 파이렉스 관을 이용 제작되어 실험에 사용되었다. 슐리렌 유동가시화와 유동장의 피토압력 분포가 측정되었다. 제트유동의 대표적인 특성인 유동장의 초음속 길이, 제트코어 길이, 속도장의 상사성 및 제트경계의 확산도가 관찰되었다. 실험결과는 보다 높은 레이놀즈수의 초음속 제트유동에 대한 과거 관찰결과와 비교분석 되었으며, 마이크로 제트유동의 전체적인 유동특성은 제트코어 길이와 제트경계 확산특성을 제외하고는 높은 레이놀즈수의 제트유동 특성과 정성적으로 유사함이 확인되었다.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2003

Microfluidic chips such as lab-on-a-chip (LOC) include micro-channels for sample delivery, mixing, reaction, and separation. Pressure driven flow or electro-osmotic flow (EOF) has been usually employed to deliver bio-samples. Having some advantages of easy control, the flow characteristics of EOF in microchannels should be fully understood to effectively control the electro-osmotic pump for bio-sam-pie delivery. In this study, a micro PIV system with an epifluorescence inverted microscope and a cooled CCD was used to measure velocity fields of EOF in a glass microchannel and a PDMS microchannel. The EOF velocity fields were changed with respect to electric charge of seeding particles and microchannel materials used. The EOF has nearly uniform velocity distribution inside the microchannel when pressure gradient effect is negligible. The mean streamwise velocity is nearly proportional to the applied electric field. Glass microchannels give better repeatability in PIV results, compared with PDMS microchannels which are easy to fabricate and more suitable for PIV experiments.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.3-13
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• 2010

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2010

This paper proposes a design method to provide uniform flow in a microreactor. Uniform momentum approach is adopted with 10 pillars before and after the chamber having a different slope inlet channel. The slope and number of pillars are two factors to make a uniform flow in the microreactor, covering the hexagonal gold layer. The CFD analysis about the designed microreactor is carried out and the velocity vector field measurements are made in the fabricated microreactor by micro PIV technique. The uniformity of microreactor flow was confirmed by both numerical simulation and experimental results.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2003

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2003

A custom micro-PIV optics assembly has been used to measure the flow fold inside a T-junction of a microchannel. The micro-PIV system consists of microscope objectives of various magnifications, a dichroic cube, and an 8-bit CCD camera. Fluorescent particles of diameters 620 nm have been used with a Nd:YAG laser and color filters. A programmable syringe pump with Teflon tubings were used to inject particle-seeded distilled water into the channel at flow rates of 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 mL/hr. The micro-channels are fabricated with PDMS with a silicon mold, then O$_{2}$ -ion bonded onto a slide glass. Results show differences in flow characteristics and resolution according to fluid injection rates, and magnifications, respectively. The results include PIV data with vector-to-vector distances of 2 $\mu$m with 32 pixel-square interrogation windows at 50$\%$ overlap.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.483-490
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• 2008

마이크로 추진장치에서 노즐의 소형화는 많은 유동손실을 유발한다. 이러한 유동손실을 극복하기 위해 본 연구에서는 열적발산원리를 이용한 마이크로 추진장치에 대한 기초연구를 진행하였다. 움직이는 부품 없이 오직 온도구배만으로 추진제를 낮은 온도에서 높은 온도로 자체 펌핑이 가능한 열적발산장치를 설계, 제작 하였으며, 진공환경에서 누센수에 따른 맴브레인 압력구배효율을 분석하였다. 실험결과 천이영역에서는 두꺼운 맴브레인의 효율이 다소 높았으며, 자유분자영역에서는 두께에 관계없이 최대 압력구배 효율이 82%까지 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2005

Electro-osmotic flow (EOF) instability in a microchannel has been experimentally investigated using a micro-PIV system. The micro-PIV system consisting of a two-head Nd:Yag laser and cooled CCD camera was used to measure instantaneous velocity fields and vorticity contours of the EOF instability in a T-shape glass microchannel. The electrokinetic flow instability occurs in the presence of electric conductivity gradients. Charge accumulation at the interface of conductivity gradients leads to electric body forces, driving the coupled flow and electric field into an unstable dynamics. The threshold electric field above which the flow becomes unstable and rapid mixing occurs is about 1000V/cm. As the electric field increases, the flow pattern becomes unstable and vortical motion is enhanced. This kind of instability is a key factor limiting the robust performance of complex electrokinetic bio-analytical devices, but can also be used for rapid mixing and effective flow control fer micro-scale bio-chips.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2012

In the past decades, extensive studies on convection heat transfer on internal flow have been conducted by using high specific surface area, by increasing heat transfer coefficient and swirl flow, and by improving the transport properties. In this study, we applied a tangential slot swirl generator to improve heat transfer in a horizontal circular copper tube. The Al-Mg particles (approximately $100{\mu}m$ to $130{\mu}m$) were employed for this experimental work. The copper tube was heated uniformly by winding a heating coil with a resistance of 9ohm per meter for heat transfer. Using Al-Mg particles, experiments were performed in the Reynolds number range of 5,000 to 13,130, with and without swirl. Experimental data transfers or comparisons between Nusselt numbers with and without swirl along the test tube and Reynolds numbers are presented. The Nusselt number is improved by increasing Reynolds numbers or swirl intensities along the test tube.