Infertility is often cited as one of the causes of a declining birthrate, which has become a serious social problem in recent years. Processes by which motile sperm can be safely and easily sorted are therefore import...Infertility is often cited as one of the causes of a declining birthrate, which has become a serious social problem in recent years. Processes by which motile sperm can be safely and easily sorted are therefore important for infertility treatment. Therefore, as a new sorting method, microfluidic sperm sorter using the microfluidic system has been developed. To improve more separation efficiency of this device, it is necessary to know the behaviors of motile sperm in the microchannel where the sperm undergo shear flow. The previous study implied the necessity of the modeling of motile sperm in the shear flow. In the present study, therefore, we experimentally investigated the behavior of the motile sperm in the Taylor-Couette flow using PTV (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) method. The experimental results showed that the ascent of the shear stress led to the increase in the sperm velocity, and the direction of the sperm velocity was opposite to that of the flow.展开更多
The viscous pump,which has a rotor with a helical square channel,is studied experimentally.The non-dimen-sional channel curvature is taken to be about 0.1.Three types of torsion of the channel are made to investigate ...The viscous pump,which has a rotor with a helical square channel,is studied experimentally.The non-dimen-sional channel curvature is taken to be about 0.1.Three types of torsion of the channel are made to investigate the torsion effect on the flow characteristics.We measure the flux through the channel at a constant rotor speed by changing the pressures at the entrance and exit of the pump.We also observe the secondary flow at a cross-section of the channel.Some of the results obtained are shown as follows:The friction factor along the channel to get the same flux is large for large channel torsion at a constant rotation,and becomes small when the favorable rotation of the rotor to the flow is applied.As for the secondary flow in a cross-section,there appear several types of vortex.When there is no rotation,the secondary flow is almost a symmetric two-vortex type for small flux as is the ordinary Dean vortex,but it changes to a four-vortex type when the flux is large.The secondary flow becomes asymmetric as the rotation is applied.We have unsteady flow patterns at large flux and rotation.展开更多
文摘Infertility is often cited as one of the causes of a declining birthrate, which has become a serious social problem in recent years. Processes by which motile sperm can be safely and easily sorted are therefore important for infertility treatment. Therefore, as a new sorting method, microfluidic sperm sorter using the microfluidic system has been developed. To improve more separation efficiency of this device, it is necessary to know the behaviors of motile sperm in the microchannel where the sperm undergo shear flow. The previous study implied the necessity of the modeling of motile sperm in the shear flow. In the present study, therefore, we experimentally investigated the behavior of the motile sperm in the Taylor-Couette flow using PTV (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) method. The experimental results showed that the ascent of the shear stress led to the increase in the sperm velocity, and the direction of the sperm velocity was opposite to that of the flow.
文摘The viscous pump,which has a rotor with a helical square channel,is studied experimentally.The non-dimen-sional channel curvature is taken to be about 0.1.Three types of torsion of the channel are made to investigate the torsion effect on the flow characteristics.We measure the flux through the channel at a constant rotor speed by changing the pressures at the entrance and exit of the pump.We also observe the secondary flow at a cross-section of the channel.Some of the results obtained are shown as follows:The friction factor along the channel to get the same flux is large for large channel torsion at a constant rotation,and becomes small when the favorable rotation of the rotor to the flow is applied.As for the secondary flow in a cross-section,there appear several types of vortex.When there is no rotation,the secondary flow is almost a symmetric two-vortex type for small flux as is the ordinary Dean vortex,but it changes to a four-vortex type when the flux is large.The secondary flow becomes asymmetric as the rotation is applied.We have unsteady flow patterns at large flux and rotation.