Modified method of characteristics for simulating microscale energy transport

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 735-743

  Pilon, Laurent ^a   Katika, Kamal M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transport equation; Heat conduction; Heat transfer; Microscale; Nanoscale

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS; THIN FILMS;

COUPLED EQUATIONS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; HEAT CARRIERS; MICROSCALE ENERGY;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 11244302353     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1795233     Document Type: Article

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