High-resolution Burnett simulations of micro Couette flow and heat transfer

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-347

  Lockerby, Duncan A ^a   Reese, Jason M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burnett equations; MEMS; Micro Couette flow; Microelectro mechanical systems; Microfluidics; Rarefied flows; Second order continuum methods

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; HEAT TRANSFER; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BURNETT EQUATIONS; CONTINUUM METHOD; COUETTE FLOWS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KNUDSEN; MEMS (MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM); MICRO COUETTE FLOW; RAREFIED FLOW; SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-ORDER CONTINUUM METHOD;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 0037670515     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00162-1     Document Type: Article

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