AVS 47th International Symposium
    Vacuum Technology Wednesday Sessions

Session VT-WeA
Vacuum Gas Dynamics

Wednesday, October 4, 2000, 2:00 pm, Room 201
Moderator: J.L. Provo, Sandia National Laboratories


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2:00pm VT-WeA1
A Test Problem for the Holweck Pump
J.C. Helmer, AVS Fellow
2:20pm VT-WeA2
Significance of Bulk Flow Velocity for Turbopump Design
M.H. Hablanian, Varian Inc., R. Cerruti, Varian Inc., Italy
2:40pm VT-WeA3
A Quantitative Test of Slip-Flow Theory using the Spinning Rotor Gauge
J.P. Looney, National Institute of Standards and Technology, J. Setina, Institute of Metals, Slovenia
3:00pm VT-WeA4
Power Dissipation in Gaede Stages of Turbomolecular-drag Pumps in Viscous High-pressure Regime
R. Cerruti, S. Giors, J.C. Helmer, A. Netti, Varian Vacuum Technologies, Italy
3:20pm VT-WeA5
Modelling Micro-Channel Flows with DSMC and a Particle Continuum Method
T.J. Bartel, M.A. Gallis, Sandia National Laboratories
3:40pm VT-WeA6
Flow of Moderately Rarefied Gases Through Short Circular Tubes
S.A. Tison, Millipore Corporation
4:00pm VT-WeA7
A Method for Calculation of Gas Flow in the Whole Pressure Regime Through Ducts of Any Length
R.G. Livesey, BOC Edwards, UK
4:20pm VT-WeA8
Conic Peak/Dimple Roughness Model for Explaining the Reduction of Flow Rate through Passages with Rough Walls
T. Sawada, W. Sugiyama, M. Yabuki, Akita University, Japan
4:40pm VT-WeA9 Invited Paper
Free Jets in Vacuum Technologies
A.K. Rebrov, Institute of Thermophysics, Russia