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This paper investigates fluid flow fictional characteristics in microchannles with the emphasis of entrance effect and relative roughness influences. The experimental results indicate that there is no earlier transition from laminar to turbulent flow, and the critical Reynolds numbers of microchannels with the relative roughness of 3.5% and the hydraulic diameter of 345 μm locate at the range of 2000~2300, which indicates that the entrance effect does not influence the transition from laminar to turbulent flow; the hydraulic diameters of rectangular copper microchannels with relative roughness of 1.29%, 2.03%, aspect ratio of 0.59, 0.63, and the hydraulic diameter of 112.6 and 169.8 μm are investigated. The experimental results indicate that the critical Reynolds number locate at 1600~1800. The experimental results indicate that micro scale effect is the necessary but not sufficient condition for the earlier transition from laminar to turbulent flow which is caused by multiple factors, and the mechanism of the micro scale fluid flow need to be further studied.
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Journal of Engineering Thermophysics
ISSN: 0253-231X
Year: 2010
Issue: 6
Volume: 31
Page: 998-1000
ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
JCR Journal Grade:4
CAS Journal Grade:4
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