Similarity of ideal gas flow at different scales

Science in China, Series E: Technological Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Moran ^a   Li, Zhixin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct simulation Monte Carlo; Ideal gas flow; Similarity

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACH NUMBER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SUPERSONIC FLOW;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; IDEAL GAS FLOW; MICRO FLOW;

GAS DYNAMICS;

EID: 2942653682     PISSN: 10069321     EISSN: 1862281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02ye0072     Document Type: Article

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