... approach greatly improves the near-wall accuracy of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier equations, well beyond the slip-flow regime. 16 12 2010 03 06 2011 05 07 2011 05 07 2011 creeping flow kinetic theory Knudsen flow microchannel flow nanofluidics Navier-Stokes equations...

... finite difference methods flow simulation Knudsen flow lattice Boltzmann methods Navier-Stokes equations slip flow The velocity particles of these models have isotropic tensors greater than or equal to the seventh rank; namely, the odd rank tensors are zero and the even rank tensors...

... , 19 , pp. 18 – 33 . 10.1007/BF00383909 friction hydrodynamics Knudsen flow microchannel flow pipe flow slip flow slip flow entrance microchannels noncircular friction Fluid flow in microchannels has emerged as an important research area. This has been motivated...

... and second-order slip coefficients are proposed. Correlations are validated with available experimental and numerical results. 14 11 2008 02 07 2009 17 09 2009 compressible flow friction Knudsen flow Mach number microchannel flow Navier-Stokes equations pipe flow Poiseuille flow...

... of their physical and engineering significance, micropumps form an active part among the development of MEMS. microfluidics viscous micropump slip flow low Reynolds number CFD flow simulation Knudsen flow mass transfer microfluidics micropumps Navier-Stokes equations numerical analysis slip...

..., the continuum assumption still holds. This is called slip-flow regime . slip-flow microchannels general cross section pressure distribution Knudsen flow microchannel flow Poisson equation slip flow 2009 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... velocity profiles identical to that of a straight channel. The pressure ratio decreases when the fillet radius and the Knudsen number are increased. 02 12 2007 04 06 2008 12 09 2008 flow separation Knudsen flow laminar flow microchannel flow slip flow microchannel...

... of Grid refinement Studies ,” ASME J. Fluids Eng. 0098-2202 , 116 , pp. 405 – 413 . Shah , R. K. , and London , A. L. , 1978 , Laminar Flow Forced Convection in Ducts, Advances in Heat Transfer Supplement, 1 , Academic , New York . compressible flow friction Knudsen flow...

..., and particle loading effects are ignored, the results represent a “best case” scenario. aerodynamics two-phase flow jets drag Knudsen flow laminar flow Particle paths of various particle-to-fluid density ratios and an inlet velocity of 50 m ∕ s . Particle-to-fluid density ratio...

... ,” SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 0895-4798 10.1137/S0895479801384743 , 26 , pp. 660 – 678 . Sone , Y. , 2002 , Kinetic Theory and Fluid Dynamics , Birkhauser , Boston. Boltzmann equation kinetic theory Newton method flow simulation microfluidics Knudsen flow Navier-Stokes...

... parts has only slight effect of the flow development. 06 09 2005 08 05 2006 helium argon subsonic flow microchannel flow flow simulation Monte Carlo methods Knudsen flow heat transfer boundary layers temperature distribution DSMC microchannel heat transfer...

... microchannel flow Navier-Stokes equations compressible flow computational fluid dynamics jets Knudsen flow external flows vortices microactuators Fluid flow in small devices differs from those in macroscopic devices, and understanding the unfamiliar physics of fluids involved in microflows...

..., or corner vortices. Velocity data obtained with impact and hot-wire probes indicate uniform flow and turbulence intensities below 0.5%. 23 03 2005 13 02 2006 wind tunnels microfluidics aerodynamics turbulence design drag Knudsen flow computational fluid dynamics As micro...

... (mechanical) rarefied fluid dynamics Monte Carlo methods Knudsen flow numerical analysis Many industrial processes requires the use of high-speed underexpanded jets to either provide impulse or deliver the interested gas species to the designated region or provide high-density cooling to specific...

... 2003 24 November 2003 12 07 2004 finite element analysis channel flow Knudsen flow nitrogen hydrodynamics As the mean free path of the gas becomes comparable to the length scale of the system, the fluid behavior tends to become rarefied (molecular) and the gas layer...

... Algorithms for Irregularly Structured Problems , A. Ferreia and J. Rolim, eds., 980 , LNCS, Springer, Berlin, pp. 121–126. hypersonic flow flow simulation Monte Carlo methods parallel processing computational fluid dynamics mesh generation Knudsen flow Due to the complicated physical...

...; revised manuscript received July 13, 2000. Associate Technical Editor: P. Bearman. 10 August 1999 13 July 2000 rarefied fluid dynamics Knudsen flow flow simulation Monte Carlo methods Mach number transonic flow supersonic flow subsonic flow A gas flow may be modeled...

.... Associate Technical Editor: M. S. Cramer. 09 December 1998 14 February 2000 compressible flow channel flow slip flow Knudsen flow rarefied fluid dynamics laminar flow Navier-Stokes equations For gaseous flows in micro-channels, the effect of rarefaction cannot...