Kramers' problem and the Knudsen minimum: A theoretical analysis using a linearized 26-moment approach

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 345-360

  Gu, Xiao Jun ^a   Emerson, David R ^a   Tang, Gui Hua ^a,b  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Knudsen minimum; Kramers' problem; Method of moments; Microfluidic; Nonequilibrium flows

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION COEFFICIENTS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY MODEL; GAS FLOWS; KINETIC EQUATIONS; KNUDSEN; KNUDSEN LAYER; KNUDSEN MINIMUM; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; KRAMERS' PROBLEM; LINEARIZED BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MASS FLOW RATE; MOMENT EQUATIONS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM FLOWS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POISEUILLE FLOW; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; SLIP COEFFICIENTS; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY PROFILES; WALL BOUNDARY CONDITION;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LINEARIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VELOCITY;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 72549119144     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-009-0121-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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