Assessment of direct simulation Monte Carlo phenomenological rotational relaxation models

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2983-2994

  Wysong, Ingrid J ^a   Wadsworth, Dean C ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0009193232     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869818     Document Type: Article

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