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Knudsen number
About: Knudsen number is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5052 publications have been published within this topic receiving 104278 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, a generalized diffusion coefficient is obtained in such a way that it can model wide range of Kn regimes of flow and the effect of Kn and Darcy coefficient on velocity and temperature distribution is described.
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TL;DR: In this article, the influence of rotational speed and velocity of viscous fluid flow on free vibration behavior of spinning single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are investigated using the modified couple stress theory (MCST).
Abstract: In this article, the influences of rotational speed and velocity of viscous fluid flow on free vibration behavior of spinning single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are investigated using the modified couple stress theory (MCST). Taking attention to the first-order shear deformation theory, the modeled rotating SWCNT and its equations of motion are derived using Hamilton’s principle. The formulations include Coriolis, centrifugal and initial hoop tension effects due to rotation of the SWCNT. This system is conveying viscous fluid, and the related force is calculated by modified Navier–Stokes relation considering slip boundary condition and Knudsen number. The accuracy of the presented model is validated with some cases in the literatures. Novelty of this study is considering the effects of spinning, conveying viscous flow and MCST in addition to considering the various boundary conditions of the SWCNT. Generalized differential quadrature method is used to approximately discretize the model and to approximate the equations of motion. Then, influence of material length scale parameter, velocity of viscous fluid flow, angular velocity, length, length-to-radius ratio, radius-to-thickness ratio and boundary conditions on critical speed, critical velocity and natural frequency of the rotating SWCNT conveying viscous fluid flow are investigated.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the friction factor for incompressible rarefied gas flow through microchannels is analyzed and a theoretical investigation is conducted in order to underline the conditions for experimentally evidencing rarefaction effects on the pressure drop.
Abstract: This paper is devoted to analysing the friction factor for incompressible rarefied gas flow through microchannels. A theoretical investigation is conducted in order to underline the conditions for experimentally evidencing rarefaction effects on the pressure drop. It is demonstrated that for a fixed geometry of the microchannel cross-section, it is possible to calculate the minimum value of the Knudsen number for which the rarefaction effects can be observed experimentally, taking into account the uncertainties related to evaluation of the friction factor.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the heat loss and recovery temperature of a fine hot-wire at a nominal Mach number of 5.8 were measured over an eight-fold range of Reynolds numbers in the transitional regime between continuum and free-molecule flow.
Abstract: Measurements were made of the heat loss and recovery temperature of a fine hot-wire at a nominal Mach number of 5.8. Data were obtained over an eight-fold range of Reynolds numbers in the transitional regime between continuum and free-molecule flow. At high Reynolds numbers, the heat transfer data agree well with the results of Laufer and McClellan, which were obtained at lower Mach
numbers. At lower Reynolds numbers, the results indicate a monotonic transition between continuum and free molecule heat transfer laws. The slope of the heat transfer correlation also appears to vary monotonically,
with Nu=√Re at high Reynolds numbers and Nu ~ Re for
Re < < 1.
Data on the wire recovery temperature (corresponding to zero
net heat transfer) were obtained for free-stream Knudsen numbers between 0.4 and 3.0. Comparison with previous data suggests that for Mach numbers greater than about two the normalized variation of recovery temperature in the transitional regime is a unique function of the free-stream Knudsen number.
The steady-state hot-wire may be used to obtain two thermodynamic measurements: the rate of heat transfer from the wire and the wire recovery temperature. An illustrative experiment was performed in the wake of a transverse cylinder, using both hot-wire and pressure instruments in a redundant system of measurements. It was shown that
good accuracy may be obtained with a hot-wire even when the Reynolds number based on wire diameter is small.
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TL;DR: In this paper, an extension of the Graetz problem to include the rarefaction effect, viscous dissipation term and axial conduction with constant-wall-heat-flux thermal boundary condition is presented.
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