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PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS
卷 6, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.123102
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- VILLUM FONDEN [13166, 37475]
- Independent Research Fund Denmark [9064-00069B]
This study presents an autonomous flow control principle inspired by vascular transport in plants, allowing for physical programming of pressure drop versus flow rate relation through networks of cells linked by nonlinear valves. The nonlinearity is a result of fluid-structure interactions that enable a flexible element to selectively block the valve aperture.
Controlling fluid flow is a fundamental problem with applications from biomedicine to environmental engineering. Contemporary solutions combine electromechanical sensors, valves, and pumps; however, these are expensive and difficult to maintain. We report an autonomous flow control principle inspired by vascular transport in plants. Combining experiments on real and biomimetic tissues, we show that networks of cells linked by nonlinear valves permit the physical programming of a nearly arbitrary pressure drop versus flow rate relation. The nonlinearity is a consequence of fluid-structure interactions that allow a flexible element to selectively block the valve aperture. We report four applications: parallel connections that function as (i) a nonlinear flow controller, (ii) a constant flow controller, (iii) a reverse Ohm flow controller, and a serial connection that acts as (iv) a fluidic on-off switch.
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