Flow characteristics of three-dimensional microscale backward-facing step flows

Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 331-345

  Hsieh, Tse Yang ^a   Hong, Zuu Chang ^a   Pan, Ying Che ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3D STRUCTURES; BACKWARD FACING STEP; BACKWARD-FACING STEP FLOWS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; MICRO-SCALES; NITROGEN FLOW; RECIRCULATIONS; WITH INLETS;

FACINGS; INLET FLOW; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRESSURE DROP; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 77951246533     PISSN: 10407782     EISSN: 15210634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407780903582992     Document Type: Article

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