Nano-rod suspension flows: A 2D Smoluchowski-Navier-Stokes solver

International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 478-488

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Zhou, Ruhai ^b   Wang, Qi ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nano rods; Navier Stokes; Numerical methods; Smoluchowski equation; Suspension flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049146375     PISSN: 17055105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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