ISSN Online: 2377-424X
ISBN Print: 0-85295-345-3
International Heat Transfer Conference 10
RAREFIED GAS FLOWS INDUCED BY WALL TEMEPRATURE GRADIENTS IN A CONTAINER
Abstrakt
There is a possibility that flow (thermal creep flow) induced by the distribution (gradient) of wall temperature can occur in reduced pressure containers. Simulation of this type of flow is important in material technology,
such as chemical vapor deposition or in the design of thermal devices effectively utilizing this phenomenon.
The objective of the present study is to clarify the possibility of modeling this type of flow by the direct
simulation Monte Carlo method. As a result, it is demonstrated that thermal creep flows with around magnitudes of 10−2 of the most probable velocity at system temperature are well simulated by using this method.