Particle number per cell and scaling factor effect on accuracy of DSMC simulation of micro flows

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 827-841

  Shu, C ^a   Mao, X H ^a   Chew, Y T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Channel flow; Flow; Monte Carlo simulation; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DSMC SIMULATION; MICRO FLOW SIMULATION;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; FLUID FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNEL; SLIP FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW;

EID: 27744434531     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615530510625101     Document Type: Article

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