Inertial Microfluidics Dean Flow Calculator
High-throughput cell sorting: Model secondary Dean vortices ($De$), inertial shear and wall lift forces ($F_L$), Dean drag ($F_D$), and equilibrium focusing position in spiral channels.
Spiral Channel Dimensions
Particle / Cell Population
CTC ~15–20 µm, WBC ~10–12 µm
Water/PBS ~1.0, Blood plasma ~1.2
Dean Dynamics & Inertial Focusing
Dean Number (De):
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Vortex intensity
Channel Reynolds Number:
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Re_c (laminar inertial)
Net Inertial Lift Force F_L:
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picoNewtons (pN)
Dean Drag Force F_D:
--
picoNewtons (pN)
| Inertial Focusing Criterion (a_p/D_h): | -- |
| Secondary Dean Velocity U_Dean: | -- |
| Equilibrium Focusing Position: | -- |
| Sorting Separation Feasibility: | -- |
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