Numerical investigation of rarefied diatomic gas flow and heat transfer in a microchannel using DSMC with uniform heat flux boundary condition - Part I: Numerical method and validation

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-173

  Wang, Qiu Wang ^a,b   Zhao, Cun Lu ^a   Zeng, Min ^a   Wu, Yi Ning ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOMIC MOLECULE; INVERSE TEMPERATURE SAMPLING (ITS); WALL BOUNDARY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF GASES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MEMS;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 37249083576     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790701703138     Document Type: Article

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