Topology Optimization of Passive Micromixers Based on Lagrangian Mapping Method

• Main Authors: Yuchen Guo, Yifan Xu, Yongbo Deng, Zhenyu Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
• Series: Micromachines
• Subjects: passive micromixer; topology optimization; Lagrangian description; mapping method
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/3/137

This paper presents an optimization-based design method of passive micromixers for immiscible fluids, which means that the Peclet number infinitely large. Based on topology optimization method, an optimization model is constructed to find the optimal layout of the passive micromixers. Being different from the topology optimization methods with Eulerian description of the convection-diffusion dynamics, this proposed method considers the extreme case, where the mixing is dominated completely by the convection with negligible diffusion. In this method, the mixing dynamics is modeled by the mapping method, a Lagrangian description that can deal with the case with convection-dominance. Several numerical examples have been presented to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.