Gas flow in microchannels - A lattice Boltzmann method approach

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 257-267

  Zhang, Y H ^a   Qin, R S ^a   Sun, Y H ^a   Barber, R W ^a   Emerson, D R ^a  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation coefficient; Knudsen number; Lattice Boltzmann equation; Microfluidics; Rarefied gas dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844553452     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-005-8416-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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