Computation of a Three-Dimensional Flow in a Square Microchannel: A Comparison between a Particle Method and a Finite Volume Method

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

D. Bento (Author) Other; R. Lima (Author) FEUP; J. M. Miranda (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Micro and Nanosystems

Vol. 7 No. 3

Pages: 142-147

ISSN: 1876-4029

Publisher: Bentham Science

Indexing

Scopus

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00X-9CH

DOI: 10.2174/1876402908666160106000131

Abstract (EN): Traditional grid-based numerical methods, such as finite volume method (FVM), are not suitable to simulate multiphase biofluids (such as blood) at the microscale level. Alternatively, meshfree Lagrangian methods can deal with two or more finely dispersed phases moving relatively to each other. The Moving Particle Semi-Implicit Method (MPS), used in this study, is a deterministic particle method based on a Lagrangian technique to simulate incompressible flows. The advantages of particle methods over traditional grid-based numerical methods have motivated several researchers to implement them into a wide range of studies in computational biomicrofluidics. The main aim of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of the MPS method by comparing it with numerical simulations performed by an FVM. Hence, simulations of a Newtonian fluid flowing through a constriction were performed for both methods. For the MPS, a section of the channel of 30
11.5
11.5
m was simulated using periodic boundary conditions. The obtained results have provided indications that, if the initial particle distance is sufficiently small, the MPS method can calculate accurately velocity profiles in the proposed channel.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6