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More services...CμFD: Simulation of Microfluidic Systems
Friedhelm Schönfeld
Head of the Simulation Group
Department of Fluidics and Simulation
Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM)
Mainz, Germany
This presentation gives an introduction to the general outstanding features of micro fluidics, typical values of dimensionless groups and the underlying assumptions in common simulation approaches. Furthermore, the applicability of standard CFD techniques in μ-fluidics and practical challenges are discussed. These aspects are elucidated taking several micro fluidic developments as example, discussing different simulation techniques of various physical phenomena of major practical importance, such as free surface flows, electrokinetics, dielectro- and magnetophoresis and micro mixing.
Keynote speaker's biography:
After receiving his PhD in theoretical solid-state physics at the University of Köln, Germany, in 1999, Dr. Friedhelm Schönfeld has been working with computational fluid dynamics in the framework of microfluidics.Since 2004, he has been head of the simulation group in the Fluidics and Simulation Department of the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM). Dr. Schönfeld’s main interests involve the simulation of free surface flow, wetting and transport, as well as mixing phenomena. He is co-editor of "Microfluidic Technologies for Miniaturized Analysis System" and a lecturer in several microfluidics courses.
