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International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

ISSN for PRINT: 1543-1649

Institutional price:	$747.00
Issues per year:	6

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2005, Volume3

135 pages

DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v3.i1

Issue price - $178.00

Review of Multiscale Simulation in Submicron Heat Transfer

Jayathi Y. Murthy
School of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

Sreekant V. J. Narumanchi
National Renewable Energy Laboratory MC 1633,1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393

Jose' A. Pascual-Gutierrez
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Tianjiao Wang
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Chunjian Ni
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907

Sanjay R. Mathur
Fluent Inc. 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA

ABSTRACT

Over the last decade, interest in the simulation of micro- and nanoscale heat transfer has lead to the development of a variety of models and numerical methods for phonon transport in semiconductors and dielectrics. These models span direct simulation using molecular dynamics, a range of models of varying fidelity based on the Boltzmann transport equation, as well as simpler hyperbolic extensions to the classical Fourier heat conduction equation. The paper reviews the basics of phonon transport in crystals, available models for phonon transport, as well as numerical methods for solving the equations resulting from these models. Recommendations are made for future work.