Numerical study of phonon radiative transfer in porous nanostructures

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 3924-3931

  Li, Sheng Yen ^a   Chu, Hsin Sen ^a   Yan, Wei Mon ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUAFAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ASTROPHYSICS; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHONONS; POROUS SILICON; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SILICON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BOLTZMANN; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERAL (CO); HIGH EFFICIENCY; IN-LINE ARRANGEMENT; NANO STRUCTURING; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHONON TRANSPORT; POROUS SILICON (PS) NANOSTRUCTURES; SCALE FACTOR (SF); SCATTERING EFFECTS; STAGGERED ARRANGEMENTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 45649085638     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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