Constructal microchannel networks of rarefied gas with minimal flow resistance

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Gosselin, Louis ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FLOW OF GASES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

NONOPTIMIZED COMPLEX GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; RAREFIED GAS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITION;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 34250652536     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2721783     Document Type: Article

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