Slip flow and heat transfer in rectangular and circular microchannels using hybrid FE/FV method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-70

  Palle, Sridhar ^a   Aliabadi, Shahrouz ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended inlet; Finite element; Finite volume; Friction factor; Hybrid FE FV; Knudsen number; Microchannel; Nusselt number; Poiseuille number; Rarefaction; Slip flow

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED INLET; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE VOLUME; FRICTION FACTOR; HYBRID FE/FV; KNUDSEN NUMBERS; POISEUILLE NUMBERS; RAREFACTION; SLIP FLOW;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MEMS; NUSSELT NUMBER; POISSON EQUATION; TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY; WAKES; WELDING ELECTRODES;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84655162039     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3231     Document Type: Article

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