Role of boundary conditions in monte carlo simulation of MEMS devices

35th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Nance, Robert P ^a   Hash, David B ^b   Hassan, H A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MS 23 11   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MICROCHANNELS;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; LOSS OF ACCURACY; MEMSDEVICES; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; TRANSIENT PHASE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84983161307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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