Flow rate–pressure drop relation for deformable shallow microfluidic channels
Flow rate–pressure drop relation for deformable shallow microfluidic channels
Laminar flow in devices fabricated from soft materials causes deformation of the passage geometry, which affects the flow rate–pressure drop relation. For a given pressure drop, in channels with narrow rectangular cross-section, the flow rate varies as the cube of the channel height, so deformation can produce significant quantitative effects, …