- A. Beskok and G. E. Karniadakis, Simulation of Heat and
Momentum
Transfer in Complex Micro-Geometries, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics
and Heat Transfer, Vol. 8, No. 4, Oct-Dec 1994.
In this paper we present
a time accurate computational model based on the slip-flow theory to simulate
momentum and heat transport phenomena in complex micro-geometries,
encountered in typical components of micro-devices such as micro-capillaries,
micro-valves, micro-rotors, and micro-bearings.
In the first part, we present extensions to the classical
Maxwell/Smoluchowski slip conditions
to include high-order Knudsen number effects as well as to
take into account the coupling of momentum
and heat transfer through thermal creep and viscous heating effects. The numerical
method is based on
the spectral element technique; validation of the method is obtained by comparison
of the numerical simulation results in simple prototype flows (e.g. channel slip
-flows)
with analytical results. Reduction of pressure drop in micro-channels, reported
in similar
experimental studies, is investigated using slip-flow theory and simulations. In
the
second part, we consider model inlet flows and a slip-flow past a micro-cylinder.
The effect of slip-flow
on skin friction reduction and associated increase in mass flow rate as well as
the variation of normal
stresses is investigated as a function of Knudsen number. Finally, the effect of
compressibility is examined and possible extensions of the current model to take
into
account such effect are discussed.