Analysis of the flow in the grooves of a molecular pump

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-88

  Tsui, Yeng Yung ^a   Kung, Chia Ping ^a   Cheng, Hong Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

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EID: 1842863510     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780121549     Document Type: Article

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