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Smoluchowski thermostat: a realistic introduction of the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20481854     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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This work presents a simulation technique that can be used to compute the thermal interaction between a gas and a cylindrically shaped wall. The method is computationally simple and is based on the Maxwell-Smoluchowski thermal wall scenario often used for the slit pore geometry. A geometric argument is used to find the corresponding thermalization mechanism for the cylindrical confinement. The algorithm serves as a thermostat, which enables one to perform constant-temperature simulations. By means of simple numerical simulations, Smoluchowski's expression for self-diffusivity D s is then recovered in reduced units. The tangential momentum accommodation coefficient is interpreted as a coupling constant for the thermostat similar to the one used for the ordinary Andersen thermostat but applied locally onto the boundary crossing particles.
Authors:
Martijn G Verbeek
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-04-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics     Volume:  81     ISSN:  1550-2376     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-20     Completed Date:  2010-08-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101136452     Medline TA:  Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  046701     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Dibbitsstraat 12, 1689 EE, Zwaag, The Netherlands. gustafverbeek@gmail.com
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