Rarefied oscillatory and pulsatile gas flows in capillaries and enclosures with applications in vacuum technology and microfluidics

Abstract

Oscillatory rarefied gas flows are of main theoretical importance in fluid mechanics, revealing novel non-equilibrium transport phenomena, as well as of strong engineering interest in various technological fields, including microfluidics and vacuum technology. As in the case of viscous oscillatory flows, rarefied oscillatory gas flows are encountered in enclosures, driven by moving boundaries oscillating parallel or vertical to the main flow and in capillaries of various cross sections, driven by oscillating or pulsatile pressure or force gradients. Since in rarefied gas flows the classical Navier-Stokes-Fourier approach is not applicable, kinetic modeling and simulations, based on the computational solution of the Boltzmann equation or of reliable kinetic model equations via deterministic or stochastic schemes, have been implemented. Oscillatory gas flows are in the hydrodynamic regime, when both the mean free path and the oscillation frequency are much smaller than the characteristic ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/47335
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/47335
ND
47335
Alternative title
Αραιοποιημένες ταλαντωτικές και παλμικές ροές αερίων σε αγωγούς και κοιλότητες με εφαρμογές στην τεχνολογία κενού και μικρορευστομηχανική
Author
Tsimpoukis, Alexandros (Father's name: Athanasios)
Date
2020
Degree Grantor
University of Thessaly (UTH)
Committee members
Βαλουγεώργης Δημήτριος
Ανδρίτσος Νικόλαος
Πελεκάσης Νικόλαος
Μποντόζογλου Βασίλειος
Graur Irina
Lorenzani Silvia
Zhang Yonghao
Discipline
Engineering and TechnologyMechanical Engineering
Keywords
Rarefied gas dynamics; Vacuum technology; Microfluidics; Oscillatory flow; Pulsatile flow; Richardson effect; Nonlinear oscillatory flow; Oscillatory binary gas mixture flow; Gas separation; Comb drive assembly; Damping forces
Country
Greece
Language
English
Description
2, xxviii, 279 σ., im., tbls., fig., ch.
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