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Kinetic simulation of near field of plume exhausting from a plane micronozzle

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Numerical simulations of near field of a plume exhausting from a plane wedge-like micronozzle into vacuum are performed using two different kinetic approaches: one of the model kinetic equations (ellipsoidal statistical model) and direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Adequacy and accuracy of the model kinetic equation as applied to such strongly non-equilibrium flows are studied by comparing the results with the data of DSMC simulations.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Grant of the Government of the Russian Federation (Agreement No. 14.Z50.31.0019) for supporting research supervised by leading scientists and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR Project No. 12-01-00776-a).

We are deeply grateful to our colleague Dr. Alexander Kashkovsky for his consultations on the SMILE software system and numerous fruitful discussions.

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  1. Laboratory of Non-equilibrium Flows, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Str., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Anton Shershnev & Alexey Kudryavtsev

  2. Laboratory of Computational Aerodynamics, Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 4/1 Instituskaya Str., 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Anton Shershnev & Alexey Kudryavtsev

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In this section we present tabulated data from the ESBGK computation for the centerline and angular non-dimensional distributions of gasdynamic quantities. As previously, the subscript h denotes quantities in the nozzle throat.

Table 2 Centerline non-dimensional distributions of main gasdynamic quantities in plume, ESBGK computation
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Table 3 Angular non-dimensional distributions of gasdynamic quantities in plume at \(x/H = 21.8\) distance from nozzle exit, ESBGK computation
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Shershnev, A., Kudryavtsev, A. Kinetic simulation of near field of plume exhausting from a plane micronozzle. Microfluid Nanofluid 19, 105–115 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-015-1553-9

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