Analysis of lattice Boltzmann equation for microscale gas flows: Relaxation times, boundary conditions and the Knudsen layer

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Guo, Zhaoli ^a   Zheng, Chuguang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Knudsen layer; Lattice Boltzmann equation; Microscale gas flow; Relaxation times

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349146407     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560802253100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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