Monte Carlo simulation of steady-state microscale phonon heat transport

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 130, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Randrianalisoa, Jaona ^a   Baillis, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Phonon transport; Relaxation time; Silicon nanowire; Silicon thin film; Steady state regime; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HEAT CONDUCTION; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; NANOWIRES; PHONONS; POLARIZATION; RELAXATION TIME; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; THIN FILMS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR DISPERSION; PHONON TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON THIN FILM; STEADY-STATE REGIME;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 53949097136     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2897925     Document Type: Article

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