Proper cell dimension and number of particles per cell for DSMC

Proceedings of the ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference 2009, MNHMT2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 539-544

  Sun, Z X ^a   He, Y L ^a   Tao, W Q ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PRINCIPLES; BLOCK STRUCTURED; CELL DIMENSIONS; DSMC METHOD; DSMC SIMULATION; HIGH PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURES; MOLECULAR MEAN FREE PATH; POISEUILLE FLOW; SCALING FACTORS; SELF ADAPTING; SIMULATION PROCESS; SIMULATION RESULT; SLIP FLOW; SLIP FLOW REGIMES; TRANSITION FLOW REGIME;

CELLS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; TRANSITION FLOW;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 77954320597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2009-18191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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