A computational investigation of noncontinuum gas-phase heat transfer between a heated microbeam and the adjacent ambient substrate

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Gallis, M A ^a   Torczynski, J R ^a   Rader, D J ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas phase; Heat transfer; Microscale; Noncontinuum

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO (DSMC); HEATING INDUCED EXPANSION; NAVIER-STOKES SLIP-JUMP (NSSJ); THERMAL ACTUATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 33847316477     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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