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Numerical Study on Two-Dimensional Micro-Channel Flows Using the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm

Shen-Mao Hou, Zhi-Hui Li, Xin-Yu Jiang & Shi Zeng

Commun. Comput. Phys., 23 (2018), pp. 1393-1414.

Published online: 2018-04

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Based on the Boltzmann model equation, the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm (GKUA) will be developed to simulate the two-dimensional micro-scale gas flows with irregular configuration. The numerical scheme for the direct evaluation of the unified velocity distribution function in the computable model of the Boltzmann equation and the multi-block grid docking technology are constructed, and the numerical procedures of characteristic-based boundary conditions are presented to model the gas-surface interaction and the inlet/outlet boundaries for the two-dimensional micro-channel flows. The two-dimensional Couette flow, the pressure-driven micro-channel flows, and the irregular micro-orifice flows in different scales are numerically solved from high rarefied free-molecule to near-continuum flow with the Knudsen numbers of $Kn$ = 100−0.01. The computed results are compared and validated with the DSMC data in the transitional flow regime and the slip N-S solutions in the near-continuum flow regime, in which the GKUA is verified accurately and smoothly to simulate the two-dimensional micro-channel flows with strong adaptability and good precision. The micro-channel flow features with the wide range of $Kn$ numbers in the near-continuum slip and transitional flow regimes are revealed, and it is probable to provide a way in developing a new numerical algorithm for micro-scale flows.

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Based on the Boltzmann model equation, the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm (GKUA) will be developed to simulate the two-dimensional micro-scale gas flows with irregular configuration. The numerical scheme for the direct evaluation of the unified velocity distribution function in the computable model of the Boltzmann equation and the multi-block grid docking technology are constructed, and the numerical procedures of characteristic-based boundary conditions are presented to model the gas-surface interaction and the inlet/outlet boundaries for the two-dimensional micro-channel flows. The two-dimensional Couette flow, the pressure-driven micro-channel flows, and the irregular micro-orifice flows in different scales are numerically solved from high rarefied free-molecule to near-continuum flow with the Knudsen numbers of $Kn$ = 100−0.01. The computed results are compared and validated with the DSMC data in the transitional flow regime and the slip N-S solutions in the near-continuum flow regime, in which the GKUA is verified accurately and smoothly to simulate the two-dimensional micro-channel flows with strong adaptability and good precision. The micro-channel flow features with the wide range of $Kn$ numbers in the near-continuum slip and transitional flow regimes are revealed, and it is probable to provide a way in developing a new numerical algorithm for micro-scale flows.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical Study on Two-Dimensional Micro-Channel Flows Using the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm AU - Shen-Mao Hou, Zhi-Hui Li, Xin-Yu Jiang & Shi Zeng JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 5 SP - 1393 EP - 1414 PY - 2018 DA - 2018/04 SN - 23 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0232 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/11220.html KW - Micro-channel flow, Boltzmann model equation, gas molecular velocity distribution function, gas-kinetic unified algorithm, non-equilibrium rarefied effect of micro-scale flow. AB -

Based on the Boltzmann model equation, the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm (GKUA) will be developed to simulate the two-dimensional micro-scale gas flows with irregular configuration. The numerical scheme for the direct evaluation of the unified velocity distribution function in the computable model of the Boltzmann equation and the multi-block grid docking technology are constructed, and the numerical procedures of characteristic-based boundary conditions are presented to model the gas-surface interaction and the inlet/outlet boundaries for the two-dimensional micro-channel flows. The two-dimensional Couette flow, the pressure-driven micro-channel flows, and the irregular micro-orifice flows in different scales are numerically solved from high rarefied free-molecule to near-continuum flow with the Knudsen numbers of $Kn$ = 100−0.01. The computed results are compared and validated with the DSMC data in the transitional flow regime and the slip N-S solutions in the near-continuum flow regime, in which the GKUA is verified accurately and smoothly to simulate the two-dimensional micro-channel flows with strong adaptability and good precision. The micro-channel flow features with the wide range of $Kn$ numbers in the near-continuum slip and transitional flow regimes are revealed, and it is probable to provide a way in developing a new numerical algorithm for micro-scale flows.

Shen-Mao Hou, Zhi-Hui Li, Xin-Yu Jiang and Shi Zeng. (2018). Numerical Study on Two-Dimensional Micro-Channel Flows Using the Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm. Communications in Computational Physics. 23 (5). 1393-1414. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2016-0232
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