Acoustic streaming via a flexible PCB for micropumping applications

Marcus Hintermüller, Bernhard Jakoby, Erwin Reichel

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Abstract

We present a microfluidic device for moving a fluid in a ring-shaped channel that utilizes boundary layer driven acoustic streaming as its driving mechanism. One wall of the channel is made of a flexible material and acts as the acoustic source. To help in the design process, a numerical study based on perturbation theory was conducted. A flexible printed circuit board is used as an actuator, which is excited magnetically using Lorentz forces to introduce a flexural travelling wave. The resulting streaming velocity is measured using particle tracking velocimetry and its dependence on the deflection amplitude is identified to verify the numerical results.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProcedia Engineering, Series Eurosensors 2016
Pages856-859
Number of pages4
Volume168
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2016

Publication series

NameProcedia Engineering

Fields of science

  • 202019 High frequency engineering
  • 202021 Industrial electronics
  • 202036 Sensor systems
  • 203017 Micromechanics
  • 202 Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
  • 202027 Mechatronics
  • 202028 Microelectronics
  • 202037 Signal processing

JKU Focus areas

  • Mechatronics and Information Processing

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