Transient electroosmotic flow of general Maxwell fluids through a slit microchannel

Abstract

Abstract. Using Laplace transform method, semi-analytical solutions are presented for transient electroosmotic flow of Maxwell fluids between micro-parallel plates. The solution involves solving the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation, together with the Cauchy momentum equation and the Maxwell constitutive equation considering the depletion effect produced by the interaction between macro-molecules of the Maxwell fluids and the channel surface. The overall flow is divided into depletion layer and bulk flow outside of depletion layer. In addition, the Maxwell stress is incorporated to describe the boundary condition at the interface. The velocity expressions of these two layers were obtained respectively. By numerical computations of inverse Laplace transform, the influences of viscosity ratio μ, density ratio ρ, dielectric constant ratio ε of layer II to layer I, relaxation timeλ 1 , interface charge density jump Q, and interface zeta potential difference Δψ on transient velocity amplitude are presented. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000). 76A05 · 76D05 · 76W05.

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