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Third Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena
June, 25-27, 2003, International Center, Sendai, Japan

DOI: 10.1615/TSFP3

STABILITY OF MICROCHANNEL-FLOW UNDER THE ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER EFFECT

pages 293-298
DOI: 10.1615/TSFP3.500
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RESUMO

The effect of the electric double layer (EDL) on the linear stability of Poiseuille planar channel flow is reported. It is shown that the EDL destabilises the linear modes, and that the critical Reynolds number decreases significantly when the thickness of the double layer becomes comparable with the height of the channel. The planar macro scale Poiseuille flow is metastable, and the inflexional EDL instability may further decrease the macro-transitional Reynolds number. There is a good correspondence between the estimated transitional Reynolds numbers and some experiments, showing that early transition is plausible in microchannels under some conditions.

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