Knudsen Diffusion Through Cylindrical Tubes of Varying Radii: Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 517-541

  Shi, Yong ^a   Lee, Yong Taek ^b   Kim, Albert S ^a,b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Integral equation theory; Knudsen transport; Monte Carlo simulation; Periodic tube; Transmission probability

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL-EQUATION THEORY; KNUDSEN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PERIODIC TUBE; TRANSMISSION PROBABILITIES;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COORDINATE; CYLINDER; DIFFUSION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84862787659     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-012-9966-3     Document Type: Article

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