MATLAB simulation for different number of pillars of a microfluidic rotational motor driven by circular vibrations

dc.contributor.advisorTFEElso Torralba, Jorge
dc.contributor.advisorTFEŠafarič, Riko
dc.contributor.advisorTFEUran, Suzana
dc.contributor.affiliationEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial, Informática y de Telecomunicaciónes_ES
dc.contributor.affiliationIndustria, Informatika eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzako Goi Mailako Eskola Teknikoaeu
dc.contributor.authorRuiz de Esquide Crespo, Iker
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-27T13:38:19Z
dc.date.available2021-01-27T13:38:19Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2021-01-26T08:17:37Z
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this bachelor thesis is to create a MATLAB code able to simulate the velocity distribution of the liquid of a microfluidic rotational motor for a changeable number of pillars and parameters, so the results of different configurations of the motor can be theoretically shown. The main idea of this microfluidic rotational motor is inducing a circular vibration to a glass plate with two perpendicular piezoelectric devices, so a circular flux is created in the liquid around the pillar that is glued perpendicular to the plate. This rotational movement is used to drive a rotor floating in the liquid. This motor has already been experimentally tested, but a possible improvement is searched by the change of the individual pillar for a “pot”. It is especially interesting to observe the velocity distribution of the fluid when there are enough pillars creating a circle, so they overlap and create a pot shape configuration. This is interesting because the pot shape reduces the evaporation of the droplet which has been a persistent problem in the laboratory experimentation and could present improvements with respect to the pillar-motor. With this MATLAB code, it is possible to observe the velocity distribution for different changeable parameters of the motor,such as amplitude and frequency of the circular vibrations, distance between pillars and liquid chosen for the microfluidic motor. In this bachelor thesis it has been shown that the microfluidic rotational motor with a “pot” has satisfactory theoretical velocity distribution results. A MATLAB code is provided so the user can calculate by itself which will be the theorical velocity distribution for different configurations of the motor.en
dc.description.degreeGraduado o Graduada en Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriales por la Universidad Pública de Navarraes_ES
dc.description.degreeIndustria Teknologietako Ingeniaritzan Graduatua Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoaneu
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/39090
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectMicrofluidic rotational motoren
dc.subjectMATLAB codeen
dc.subjectVelocity distributiones_ES
dc.subjectMicro-size motoren
dc.subjectPot shaped microfluidic motoren
dc.titleMATLAB simulation for different number of pillars of a microfluidic rotational motor driven by circular vibrationsen
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