Transient Characteristics of a Fluidic Device for Circulatory Jet Flow

Author： Phan Hoa Thanh Dinh Thien Xuan Bui Phong Nhu Dau Van Thanh

Publisher： MDPI

E-ISSN： 1424-8220|18|3|849-849

ISSN： 1424-8220

Source： Sensors, Vol.18, Iss.3, 2018-03, pp. : 849-849

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Abstract

In this paper, we report on the design, simulation, and experimental analysis of a miniaturized device that can generate multiple circulated jet flows. The device is actuated by a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) diaphragm. The flows in the device were studied using three-dimensional transient numerical simulation with the programmable open source OpenFOAM and was comparable to the experimental result. Each flow is verified by two hotwires mounted at two positions inside each consisting chamber. The experiment confirmed that the flow was successfully created, and it demonstrated good agreement with the simulation. In addition, a prospective application of the device as an angular rate sensor is also demonstrated. The device is robust, is minimal in size, and can contribute to the development of multi-axis fluidic inertial sensors, fluidic amplifiers, gas mixing, coupling, and analysis.