Section: New Results

Numerical methods for rarefied gas flows around moving obstacles

Participants : Luc Mieussens [Corresponding member] , G. Dechristé [IMB, PhD] .

We have presented one of the first numerical simulation of the Crookes radiometer. This phenomenon, due to the thermal creep flow, has been simulated with a Cartesian grid approach, with a cut-cell techniques that allow for an accurate treatment of solid boundaries. This work has been published in the proceedings of the 28th Symposium on rarefied Gas Dynamics.