On the damping effect of gas rarefaction on propagation of acoustic waves in a microchannel
On the damping effect of gas rarefaction on propagation of acoustic waves in a microchannel
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气体稀薄对微通道内声波传播的阻尼效应
DOI:
10.1063/1.4866443
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
L. Pogorelyuk
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作者:
A. Manela;G. Radtke;L. Pogorelyuk
We consider the response of a gas in a microchannel to instantaneous (small-amplitude) non-periodic motion of its boundaries in the normal direction. The problem is formulated for an ideal monatomic gas using the Bhatnagar, Gross, and Krook (BGK) kinetic model, and solved for the entire range of Knudsen (Kn) numbers. Analysis combines analytical (collisionless and continuum-limit) solutions with numerical (low-variance Monte Carlo and linearized BGK) calculations. Gas flow, driven by motion of the boundaries, consists of a sequence of propagating and reflected pressure waves, decaying in time towards a final equilibrium state. Gas rarefaction is shown to have a “damping effect” on equilibration process, with the time required for equilibrium shortening with increasing Kn. Oscillations in hydrodynamic quantities, characterizing gas response in the continuum limit, vanish in collisionless conditions. The effect of having two moving boundaries, compared to only one considered in previous studies of time-peri...