Numerical modeling of three-dimensional compressible gas flow in microchannnels

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-302

  Jain, V ^a   Lin, C X ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CONTROL VOLUME METHOD; FLOW BEHAVIOR; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS;

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES;

EID: 31444443476     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/16/2/014     Document Type: Article

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