Lattice Boltzmann modeling of microchannel flows in the transition flow regime

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-618

  Li, Q ^a   He, Y L ^a   Tang, G H ^a   Tao, W Q ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effective viscosity; Lattice Boltzmann method; Microchannel flow; Transition flow regime

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FEATURES; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; GAS VISCOSITY; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; LATTICE BOLTZMANN MODELS; LINEARIZED BOLTZMANN EQUATION; MASS FLOW RATE; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RAREFIED GAS FLOW; SCIENTIFIC ISSUES; SECOND-ORDER SLIP; SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SLIP COEFFICIENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; TRANSITION FLOW REGIME; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; MICROCHANNELS; TRANSITION FLOW; VISCOSITY;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 79955961460     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-010-0693-1     Document Type: Article

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