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Molecular flows in annuli with corrugated walls
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2002
Abstract
Weakly nonlinear coupling comes from deterministic noises due to
fixed boundaries and mean stochastic motion of molecular gases
inside interior domains is investigated. The effect of
deterministic surface wavy-roughness on molecular flows inside
annuli with microfabricated solid walls was presented. The
continuum-limit equations are being solved using perturbation
methods with incorporated microscopic slip conditions along the
small wavy-wall. The volume flow rate thus obtained, considering
fully-developed parallel flow cases, contains terms which are
related to the Knudsen number (Kn) of the fluid; the ratio of
the inner to outer radius ($r_1/r_2$); roughness ratio
(ϵ), phase shift (β) and wave number (k) of the
small wavy-roughness elements. There are critical pairs
(k,β) which tell us under certain Kn and larger
$r_1/r_2$
cases, the trend for the second order volume flow rate
is increasing or decreasing.
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- Research Article
- Information
- The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , February 2002 , pp. 131 - 137
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- © EDP Sciences, 2002
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