A 3D CFD Simulation and Analysis of Flow-induced Forces on Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor in Solution with Different Temperatures

DOI

10.2991/cecs-18.2018.55How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Computational fluid dynamics, Quartz crystal microbalance, Flow-induced forces.

Abstract

Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is a very powerful method that can measure a mass variation per unit area by measuring the change in frequency of a quartz crystal sensor. The hybrid temperature effect on a QCM sensor in solution leads to unconvincing detection results. A 3D Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation and analysis was conducted to display the 3D nature of the geometric model of the QCM sensor in NaCl solution with different temperatures. We found the relationships among the resultant forces (Fy), the compensatory frequency calculated by the improved Sauerbrey equation and the temperature of NaCl solution. The results show the hybrid temperature effect has an influence on the flow-induced forces, which cause the vibration frequency drift of QCM sensor. This plays a significant reference role in enhancing the accuracy and stability of the QCM measurements when the QCM sensor used in solution.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Huatao Wang
AU  - Bin Xie
AU  - Fenhua Wang
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - A 3D CFD Simulation and Analysis of Flow-induced Forces on Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensor in Solution with Different Temperatures
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Communication Engineering & Computer Science (CECS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 316
EP  - 322
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/cecs-18.2018.55
DO  - 10.2991/cecs-18.2018.55
ID  - Wang2018/07
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