A unimolecular evaporation model for simulating argon condensation flows in direct simulation Monte Carlo

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Zhong, Jiaqiang ^a   Moghe, Nilesh ^a   Li, Zheng ^a   Levin, Deborah A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDENSATION; DISSOCIATION; EVAPORATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CLUSTER NUMBER DENSITY; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT; QUASICLASSICAL TRAJECTORIES; SCATTERING INTENSITY; UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 64249143755     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3094957     Document Type: Article

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