DSMC simulation of low-speed gas flow and heat transfer in 2D rectangular micro-channel

Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 230-235

  He, Qunwu ^a   Wang, Qiuwang ^a   Wang, Xian ^b   Luo, Laiqin ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DSMC; Micro channel low speed gas flow; Pressure boundary condition (PBC); Velocity boundary condition (VBC)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE-CARLO (DSMC) METHOD; MICRO-CHANNEL FLOWS; PRESSURE BOUNDARY CONDITION (PBC); RAREFRACTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNEL;

EID: 19944379532     PISSN: 14684349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PCFD.2005.006757     Document Type: Article

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