Role of boundary conditions in Monte Carlo simulation of microelectromechanical systems

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 447-449

  Nance, Robert P ^a,c,d   Hash, David B ^b,d,e   Hassan, H A ^a,c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Thermosciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO (DSMC) METHODS;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0032120466     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6358     Document Type: Article

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