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Aerodynamic efficiency improvement on a NACA-8412 airfoil via active flow control implementation
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-04-23)
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Open AccessThe present paper introduces a parametric optimization of several Active Flow Control (AFC) parameters applied to a NACA-8412 airfoil at a single post-stall Angle of Attack (AoA) of 15° and Reynolds number Re = 68.5×103. ... -
A New Hybrid Optimization Method, Application to a Single Objective Active Flow Control Test Case
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022-04-12)
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Open AccessGenetic Algorithms (GA) are useful optimization methods for exploration of the search space, but they usually have slowness problems to exploit and converge to the minimum. On the other hand, gradient based methods converge ... -
Numerical and experimental analysis of a high-throughput blood plasma separator for point-of-care applications
(2021-05)
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Open AccessBlood plasma separation from undiluted blood is an essential step in many diagnostic procedures. This study focuses on the numerical optimization of the microfluidic blood plasma separator (BPS) and experimental validation ... -
Recent impact of microfluidics on skin models for perspiration simulation
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-02-21)
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Open AccessSkin models offer an in vitro alternative to human trials without their high costs, variability, and ethical issues. Perspiration models, in particular, have gained relevance lately due to the rise of sweat analysis and ... -
Flow control in porous media: from numerical analysis to quantitative µPAD for ionic strength measurements
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-05-11)
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Open AccessMicrofluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs) are a promising technology to enable accurate and quantitative in situ assays. Paper’s inherent hydrophilicity drives the fluids without the need for external pressure ... -
Fluidic oscillators, feedback channel effect under compressible flow conditions
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-09-01)
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Open AccessFluidic oscillators are often used to modify the forces fluid generates on any given bluff body; they can also be used as flow, pressure or acoustic sensors, with each application requiring a particular oscillator ... -
Portable 3D-printed sensor to measure ionic strength and pH in buffered and non-buffered solutions
(2020-01-01)
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Open AccessA miniaturized 3D-printed device has been designed, manufactured and validated to perform as a low-cost sensor for compositional analysis of buffered and non-buffered solutions in industrial or remote areas. The proposed ... -
Advancements in microfabricated gas sensors and microanalytical tools for the sensitive and selective detection of odors
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-09-24)
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Open AccessIn recent years, advancements in micromachining techniques and nanomaterials have enabled the fabrication of highly sensitive devices for the detection of odorous species. Recent efforts done in the miniaturization of gas ... -
Cost-effective microfabrication of sub-micron-depth channels by femto-laser anti-stiction texturing
(2020-02-26)
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Open AccessMicro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and microfluidic devices have found numerous applications in the industrial sector. However, they require a fast, cost-effective and reliable manufacturing process in order to compete ... -
A passive portable microfluidic blood-plasma separator for simultaneous determination of direct and indirect ABO/Rh blood typing
(2019-09-03)
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Open AccessThe blood typing test is mandatory in any transfusion, organ transplant, and pregnancy situation. There is a lack of point-of-care (POC) blood typing that could perform both direct and indirect methods using a single droplet ... -
Hemostasis-on-a-chip: Impedance spectroscopy meets microfluidics for hemostasis evaluation
(2019-08-14)
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Open AccessIn the case of vascular injury, a complex process (of clotting) starts, involving mainly platelets and coagulation factors. This process in healthy humans is known as hemostasis, but when it is deregulated (thrombosis), ... -
Enhanced fully cellulose based forward and reverse blood typing assay
(2019-05-07)
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Open AccessThis study presents an enhanced paper-based analytical device (PAD) for forward and reverse group blood typing. The proposed PAD uses a novel methodology, which provides highly reliable results on a fully cellulose based ...
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