Experimental and computational studies of temperature gradient-driven molecular transport in gas flows through nano/microscale channels

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-175

  Han, Yen Lin ^a,d   Muntz, Eric Phillip ^a   Alexeenko, Alina ^b   Young, Marcus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; DSMC; ES BGK; Knudsen compressor; MEMS; Micropumps; Thermal creep

Indexed keywords

BHATNAGAR-GROSS-KROOK (BGK) KINETIC MODELS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO (DSMC) METHOD; KNUDSEN COMPRESSOR; THERMAL CREEP;

AEROGELS; MEMS; MICROCHANNELS; NANOFLUIDICS; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FLOW OF GASES;

EID: 34250163867     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567260701337209     Document Type: Article

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