A numerical model for electro-osmotic flow is described. The advecting velocity field is computed by solving the incompressible Navier–Stokes equation. The method uses a semi-implicit multigrid algorithm to compute the divergence-free velocity at each grid point. The finite differences are second-order accurate and centered in space; however, the traditional second-order compact finite differen...

The electro-osmotic peristaltic flow of a viscoelastic fluid through a cylindrical micro-channel is studied in this paper. The fractional Jeffreys constitutive model, including the relaxation time and retardation time, is utilized to describe the viscoelasticity of the fluid. Under the assumptions of long wavelength, low Reynolds number, and Debye-Hückel linearization, the analytical solutions ...

This paper presents the numerical results of electro-osmotic flows in micro- and nanofluidics using a lattice Poisson-Boltzmann method (LPBM) which combines a potential evolution method on discrete lattices to solve the nonlinear Poisson equation (lattice Poisson method) with a density evolution method on discrete lattices to solve the Boltzmann-BGK equation (lattice Boltzmann method). In an el...