Numerical simulations of rarefied gases in curved channels: Thermal creep, circulating flow, and pumping effect

Communications in Computational Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 919-954

  Aoki, Kazuo ^a   Degond, Pierre ^b   Mieussens, Luc ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

BGK model; Implicit scheme; Knudsen compressor; Thermal creep flow; Transpiration flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449125135     PISSN: 18152406     EISSN: 19917120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/cicp.2009.v6.p919     Document Type: Article

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