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Microfluidics simulation using adaptive unstructured grids
Author(s) -
Waltz Jacob
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in fluids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1097-0363
pISSN - 0271-2091
DOI - 10.1002/fld.753
Subject(s) - domain decomposition methods , computational science , computer science , finite element method , unstructured grid , microfluidics , compressibility , navier–stokes equations , domain (mathematical analysis) , computational fluid dynamics , parallel computing , mathematics , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , mathematical analysis , structural engineering , thermodynamics
A methodology for microfluidics simulation is presented. The methodology solves the three‐dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equations with an adaptive unstructured Finite Element method. A semi‐implicit Fractional Step procedure is used for time integration. The entire methodology has been parallelized for shared‐memory architectures via an algebraic domain decomposition. Results from both verification problems and prototypical applications are included. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.