Author/s Date of

Publishing
Provenance Name of Journal Methodology Results Notes and Questions
Kowalewski,
T.
Blonski, S.
2009
Tomasz
Kowalewski:
-Professor in Polish
Academy of Sciences
-verified by Google
Scholar, cited more
than 1800 times

Slawomir Blonski:
-Visiting Associate
Research Engineer in
CMNS-Earth System
Science
Interdisciplinary
Center
Turbulence in Micro-
channels
Fluid: Pure Water
Channel Materials:
o Glass for short
channel turbulence
o Polycarbonate for
corrugated wall

Geometry: assumed to be
Rectangular channel
since the given
dimensions are in length,
width, and depth(with
triangular contraption for
short channel turbulence,
with grooves for
corrugated wall)

Apparatus for analysis:
o Microscope, laser
light scope, and
digital camera
ANSYS was also used for
numerical simulation of
the flow
Short Channel
Turbulence:
Even if the velocity
rapidly increases
towards the entrance
of the gap, the flow still
indicates laminar
behavior, even at
higher flow rates.
However, there was a
slight flow
destabilization that
occurred behind the
gap which indicates
that the transition from
laminar to turbulent
flow regime might
occur there. The
results from the
simulation and the
actual were near with
each other. Translating
the results into graphs,
it shows that at high
Reynolds number, the
flow still seems to be
laminar.

Corrugated Wall:
Almost the same as
that of short channel
turbulence, however,
flow destabilization
starts smooth as the
flow rate increases and
the flow pattern shows
transversal velocity
fluctuations.

Yao, J.
Yao, Y.F.
Patel, M.K.
Mason, P.J.
2007
Yufeng Yao:
-BENG, MSc, PhD,
FRAeS, AFAIAA,
MASME
On Reynolds Number
and Scaling Effects in
Microchannel Flows
Note that this is a
simulation research done
on PHOENICS v3.4
Fluid: Water
Firstly, the model used
for defining the Nusselt
number agrees with
the results from the

-Professor in
Aerospace
Engineering and Head
of Engineering
Modelling and
Simulation (EMS)
research group.

Martin K. Patel:
-Associate Professor
in Utrecht University
-verified by Google
Scholar, cited more
than 3500 times

Philippa J. Mason:
-expert in geodetic
science in Imperial
College London
-verified by Google
Scholar, cited more
than 350 times
Channel Material: Bronze
Geometry: Rectangular
Setup:
o Two bronze blocks
were put together, with
a stainless plate in
between them
o Low Reynolds number
was set to assume that
the fluid is
incompressible
o Buoyancy and
radiation were
neglected
o Heat flux supplied is
constant, convective
transfer with air,
adiabatic wall
conditions for other
surfaces
simulation. At high
Reynolds number, the
numerical results
agree with the theory
of its relationship with
the Nusselt number.
However, at low
Reynolds number, the
prediction shows a
significant deviation at
the exit and the
entrance of the channel
which was attributed
to the sudden
contraction and
expansion effects.

Scaling also happens at
small channel height
and is dependent on
the Reynolds number,
and another model for
the calculation of
Nusselt number which
depends on the
channel height was
proposed.
Hetsroni, G.
Mosyak, A.
Pogrebnyak,
E.
Yarin, L.P.
2005
Gad Hetsroni:
-Professor Emeritus
Educational
Background:
1957 - B.Sc. Cum
Laude, Technion, I.I.T.
1958 - Eng., Technion
- I.I.T.
1961 - M.Sc., Michigan
State University, USA
1962 - Ph.D., Michigan
State University, USA

Elena Pogrebnyak:
-Faculty of
Mechanical
Engineering in Israel
Institute of
Fluid flow in micro-
channels
Data presented in this
journal came from past
researches about
microfluidics. These data
were used to determine
up to what extent
conventional theory on
fluid flow can be applied
to predict the flow
characteristics of
Newtonian flows in
microchannels.
Based on the current
research done for
microfluidics, the
following conclusions
can be made:
For single-phase
fluid flow in
smooth
microchannels of
hydraulic
diameter from 15
to 4010 m with
Reynolds number
less than of the
critical, the
Poiseuille number
is independent of
the Reynolds
This journal may serve as
an introduction for
microfluidics. The
authors summarized
current knowledge and
research done to
understand more about
microfluidics, and gave
an effort to find a
connection between
these researches.
Technology
(Technion)
-cited more than 400
times
-published 24 articles
number.
The behavior of
microchannel
flow is the same
as that of a macro-
scale flow up to a
hydraulic
diameter of 50m.
The transition
from laminar to
turbulent flow
occur between
1800 and 2200 in
microchannels
with relative
roughness of
0.32% to 7%.
Velocity
fluctuations may
not testify to
change from
laminar to
turbulent flow.