What is the impact of changing channel size in microfluidic devices?

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Changing the channel size in microfluidic devices from 100µm to 2mm significantly decreases viscous friction, thereby impacting flow rate and back pressure. The fluidic resistance of the system is highly dependent on channel dimensions. To analyze these changes quantitatively, the simplified Navier-Stokes equation is recommended for microfluidic applications. A tutorial on this equation can be found at Elveflow's website.

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HI!

I have a question about microfluidic devices. When you enlarge a channel, for example from 100µm to 2mm, is there a big variation of flow rate or back pressure? I can't find the equation to solve this issue.

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damien
 
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100µm to 2mm dia will decrease the viscous friction many many times.
 
The channel dimension strongly influence the fluidic resistance of the system. it depend if you change or not the smaller dimension of the system. The better is to use the simplified navier stocke equation which work in microfluidic. You can find a tutorial about that at the following address :
http://www.elveflow.com/cms.php?id_cms=24"

If you don't find the answer of you question here , just ask me and I would try to answers you.
 
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