Massively parallel mesoscopic simulations of gas permeability of thin films composed of carbon nanotubes

Computational Fluid Dynamics 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 823-831

  Volkov, Alexey N ^a   Zhigilei, Leonid V ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF GASES; GAS PERMEABILITY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CARBON NANOTUBE FILMS; COMPUTATIONAL CODES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; MASSIVELY PARALLELS; MESOSCOPIC SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL SENSITIVITY;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84890256551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17884-9_104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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