On variance-reduced simulations of the Boltzmann transport equation for small-scale heat transfer applications

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G ^a   Radtke, Gregg A ^a   Baker, Lowell L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DILUTE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER APPLICATIONS; PARTICLE METHODS; PARTICLE SIMULATION METHOD; RELAXATION-TIME MODEL; SHARP CONTRAST; STOCHASTIC PARTICLE METHODS; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 79952085512     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002028     Document Type: Article

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