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Acoustic Potential Generation under Acoustic Standing Waves Modeling using CFD Software

C. S. Iorio¹, C. Perfetti¹

1 Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing 2015, 11(1), 27-48. https://doi.org/10.3970/fdmp.2015.011.027

Abstract

In the past few years, modeling of the Acoustic StandingWaves (ASW) phenomena has become a topic of great interest due to its theoretical connections with particle/cells manipulation techniques, which represent important tools in the biotechnology field. The present paper proposes a model based on the use of moving wall boundary conditions coupled with a viscous compressible fluid in a square channel. This model successfully achieved the generation of ASWs in the square cross-section for several resonance frequencies; the corresponding acoustic potential for the fundamental resonant mode and several harmonics have also been calculated and are discussed here.

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