Table 1 Commonly used numerical methods in inertial microfluidics based on model complexity

From: Computational methods for inertial microfluidics: recent advances and future perspectives

Point particle

Fully resolved rigid particle

Fully resolved deformable particle

â–ª FEM with inertial lift force model

â–ª FEM (DNS, steady state only)

â–ª FEM-ALE

â–ª LBM-IBM

â–ª LBM-IBB

â–ª SPH

â–ª FEM-ALE

â–ª LBM-IBM-FEM

â–ª SPH*

  1. *applicable to deformable particles, but not used for inertial focusing yet