Analysis and Simulation of Micro-Fluidic Inertial Switch

Yi Lin; Tao Yang; Ting Ting Liu; Guang Yan Chen; Chao Wang

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.503.348

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Analysis and Simulation of Micro-Fluidic Inertial Switch

Abstract:

This paper presents a micro-fluidic inertial switch with varying rectangular cross section, which employs the moving mercury droplet in the micro-channel to close a switch. Combining the Young-Laplace formula with the structure, the formula of the threshold g-value is derived. The influence of design parameters of microchannel on the threshold g-value is analyzed. Based on the VOF approach containing contact angle effects, the dynamic behavior of mercury droplet in the microchannel is simulated using Fluent. The response time is predicted through simulation with the contact angles ranging from 130° to 170°. In addition, the dynamic process of inertial switch is simulated, and the result indicates that the selected design parameters can achieve reliable switching under given threshold g-value.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 503)

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348-353

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February 2012

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Yi Lin, Tao Yang, Ting Ting Liu, Guang Yan Chen, Chao Wang

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Dynamic Behavior, Inertial Switch, Micro-Channel, Micro-Fluidics, Simulation

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