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On the modelling of isothermal gas flows at the microscale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

DUNCAN A. LOCKERBY  and
JASON M. REESE
DUNCAN A. LOCKERBY
Affiliation:
School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
JASON M. REESE
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
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Abstract

This paper makes two new propositions regarding the modelling of rarefied (non-equilibrium) isothermal gas flows at the microscale. The first is a new test case for benchmarking high-order, or extended, hydrodynamic models for these flows. This standing time-varying shear-wave problem does not require boundary conditions to be specified at a solid surface, so is useful for assessing whether fluid models can capture rarefaction effects in the bulk flow. We assess a number of different proposed extended hydrodynamic models, and we find the R13 equations perform the best in this case.

Our second proposition is a simple technique for introducing non-equilibrium effects caused by the presence of solid surfaces into the computational fluid dynamics framework. By combining a new model for slip boundary conditions with a near-wall scaling of the Navier--Stokes constitutive relations, we obtain a model that is much more accurate at higher Knudsen numbers than the conventional second-order slip model. We show that this provides good results for combined Couette/Poiseuille flow, and that the model can predict the stress/strain-rate inversion that is evident from molecular simulations. The model's generality to non-planar geometries is demonstrated by examining low-speed flow around a micro-sphere. It shows a marked improvement over conventional predictions of the drag on the sphere, although there are some questions regarding its stability at the highest Knudsen numbers.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 604 , 10 June 2008 , pp. 235 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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