Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations for heat transfer in micro and nano-channels

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionAcademicpeer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

There is a tendency to cool mechanical and electrical components by microchannels. When the channel size decreases, the continuum approach starts to fail and particle based methods should be used. In this paper, a dense gas in micro and nano-channels is modelled by molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations. It is shown that in the limit situation both methods yield the same solution. Molecular dynamics is an accurate but computational expensive method. The Monte Carlo method is more efficient, but is less accurate near the boundaries. Therefore a new coupling algorithm for molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo is introduced in which the advantages of both methods are used.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science - ICCS 2004 (Proceedings 4th International Conference, Kraków, Poland, June 6-9, 2004), Part IV
EditorsM. Bubak, xx et al.
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages661-666
ISBN (Print)978-3-540-22129-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
Event4th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2004) - AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Duration: 6 Jun 20049 Jun 2004
Conference number: 4
http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2004/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume3039
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2004)
Abbreviated titleICCS 2004
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityKraków
Period6/06/049/06/04
Internet address

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations for heat transfer in micro and nano-channels'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this