Analysis of internal micro-scale gas flows with pressure boundaries using the DSMC method

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 585, Issue , 2001, Pages 486-493

  Wu, J S ^a   Tseng, K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); FLOW OF GASES; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MACH NUMBER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NOZZLES;

COMPLICATED GEOMETRY; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; ITS APPLICATIONS; MOVING BOUNDARIES; PRESSURE BOUNDARY; SLIDER AIR BEARINGS; UNSTRUCTURED CELL;

GASES;

EID: 84937562463     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1407600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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