Fully Anisotropic Solution of the Three Dimensional Boltzmann Transport Equation

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dc.contributor.advisorChung, Peter W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVanGessel, Francisen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T06:22:45Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T06:22:45Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractThe development of accurate modeling techniques for nanoscale thermal transport is an active area of research. Modern day nanoscale devices have length scales of tens of nanometers and are prone to overheating, which reduces device performance and lifetime. Therefore, accurate temperature profiles are needed to predict the reliability of nanoscale devices. The majority of models that appear in the literature obtain temperature profiles through the solution of the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE). These models often make simplifying assumptions about the nature of the quantized energy carriers (phonons). Additionally, most previous work has focused on simulation of planar two dimensional structures. This thesis presents a method which captures the full anisotropy of the Brillouin zone within a three dimensional solution to the BTE. The anisotropy of the Brillouin zone is captured by solving the BTE for all vibrational modes allowed by the Born Von-Karman boundary conditions.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2KZ1Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18434
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledanisotropicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBoltzmannen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmultidimensionalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednanoscaleen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledphononen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtransporten_US
dc.titleFully Anisotropic Solution of the Three Dimensional Boltzmann Transport Equationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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