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Coupled FVM-DSMC simulation of micro-nozzle with unstructured-grid

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

The flow field and temperature distributions of free molecular micro-electro-thermal resist jet (FMMR) were studied resorting to DSMC-FVM coupled method. Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is the most useful tool to simulate the flow field of FMMR and unstructured grid is suitable for the flow simulation in a complicated region with tilted wall surface. DSMC code based on unstructured grid system was developed and then the result was compared with that of structured grid and analytical solution to validate the reliability of the developed code. The DSMC method was then used to simulate the fluid flow in the micro-nozzle (Kn>0.01) and the temperature distribution in the nozzle wall was obtained by the Finite Volume Method (FVM). The Dirichlet-Neumann method was used to couple the wall heat flux and temperature between flow field and solid area. The effect of different income pressure was studied in detail and the results showed that the temperature of solid area changed drastically at different income pressure, so the commonly-adopted method of pre-setting boundary temperature before simulation was unreasonable. The results showed that the influence of boundary layer decreased as the pressure increased.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008
Pages1437-1444
Number of pages8
EditionPART B
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008 - Darmstadt, Germany
Duration: 23 Jun 200825 Jun 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008
NumberPART B

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, ICNMM2008
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityDarmstadt
Period23/06/0825/06/08

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