This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Microsystems for automotive engineering
Technical Paper
2001-24-0089
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
The last decade of the twentieth century can be considered the starting decade of scaling engineering. Previously unimaginable devices such as: electrostatic, magnetic, pneumatic and thermal actuators, motors, valves, gears and tweezers at nano, meso and micro scales have been reported. The paper presents some experimental results regarding the particular aspects of fluid flow through microdevices that could be applied to automotive engineering. Based on these aspects, there are analyzed the models used in the literature and conclude on some possible assumptions for computational purpose.