Computations of Low Pressure Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Ducts Using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method
Author:
Yan Fang1, Farouk Bakhtier1
Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Abstract
High Knudsen number (Kn) gas flows are found in vacuum and micro-scale systems. Such flows are usually in the slip or transition regimes. In this paper, the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method has been applied to compute low pressure, high Kn flow fields in partially heated channels. Computations were carried out for nitrogen, argon, hydrogen, oxygen and noble gas mixtures. Variation of the Kn is obtained by reducing the pressure while keeping the channel width constant. Nonlinear pressure profiles along the channel centerline are observed. Heat transfer from the channel walls is also calculated and compared with the classical Graetz solution. The effects of varying pressure, inlet flow and gas transport properties (Kn, Reynolds number, Re and the Prandtl number, Pr respectively) on the wall heat transfer (Nusselt number, Nu) were examined. A simplified correlation for predicting Nu¯ as a function of the Peclet number, Pe¯ and Kn¯ is presented.
Publisher
ASME International
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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