Variational approach to gas flows in microchannels

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3426-3437

  Cercignani, Carlo ^a   Lampis, Maria ^a   Lorenzani, Silvia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; SCATTERING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GAS FLOWS; MICROCHANNELS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCHANNEL;

EID: 4544236275     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1764700     Document Type: Article

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