Computational framework for the regularized 20-moment equations for non-equilibrium gas flows

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1433-1439

  Mizzi, S ^a,b   Gu, X J ^a   Emerson, D R ^a,b   Barber, R W ^a   Reese, J M ^b  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas microfluidics; Method of moments; Non equilibrium gas flows; Wall boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COUETTE FLOW; MOMENT EQUATIONS;

GAS DYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; GAS DYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 40749084776     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.1747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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