Non-continuum gas flow in microgeometries

• Main Author: Sun, Yuhong.
• Other Authors: Chan, Weng Kong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6419
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this thesis, the goal is to investigate analytically gas flow in the transition and free molecular regimes. This is achieved by introducing a new modified set of governing equations that was derived based on kinetic theory of gases using Grad's 13th-moment approach. Correspondingly, novel bo...