shaunkii |
March 28, 2012 19:03 |
Particle movement through a micropore
Hi,
I've been recently assigned a project that I am having some difficulty approaching. It is to model the flow of suspended cells (biology) through a micropore. I was hoping for some direction on what I need to learn to accomplish this.
http://i.imgur.com/bedSh.png
A crude drawing shows what I think is needed:
- creating a mesh for a pipe and a micropore
- modeling elastic particles
- combine the two for particle flow
I've understood after a couple weeks of reading that it isn't simple at all. My questions:
- Is it possible to implement microscale particle flow in FLUENT (with other ANSYS products, possibly)?
- Do I need to take any special steps for microscale flow as compared to "regular"-sized flow? The documentation does not specify.
I think answers to these questions can help me get started and I can see where it goes from there. Thanks.
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