Investigation of basic molecular gas structural effects on hydrodynamics and thermal behaviors of rarefied shear driven micro/nano flow using DSMC

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-448

  Ejtehadi, Omid ^a   Roohi, Ehsan ^a   Esfahani, Javad Abolfazli ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Couette flow; DSMC; Heat flux; Molecular structures; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

COUETTE FLOWS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; DSMC; MACROSCOPIC BEHAVIORS; MOLECULAR DIAMETER; MOLECULAR GAS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; MOVING PLATE; RAREFIED GAS FLOW; STRESS BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY-TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 84858800101     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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