Micropumping is difficult to design and control as compared to their macro-scale counterparts due to the size limitation. The first part of this dissertation focuses on micropumping with surface tension forces. A simple, single-action, capillary pump/valve consisting of a bi-phase slug confined in a non-uniform conduit is described. At low temperatures, the slug is solid and seals the conduit. ...

Abstract The present study deals with fluid flow, heat transfer and entropy generation in a two-dimensional channel filled Cu–water nanoliquid containing hot block. flow is driven along the by constant velocity cold temperature at inlet, partially heated horizontal walls. aim of this work to influence most important parameters such as nanoparticle volume fraction (0%≤ϕ≤4%), diameter (5 nm≤dp≤55...

Extended MHD effects on pressure driven interchange modes are studied in decaying spheromak equilibria. Equilibria at conditions relevant to high temperature SSPX[Hooper et al., Nucl. Fus. 1999] discharges are ideal interchange unstable. Extended MHD introduces drifts which have a stabilizing effect, reducing the linear growth rate, on the high-n modes. However, extended MHD has a mixed effect ...