Simulation of gas separation effect in microchannel with moving walls

Numerical simulation of a free-molecular gas flow through plane microchannel with walls performing forced curving motion according to sine law is presented. It is shown that the probability of gas molecules to pass through the channel significantly depends on relation between wave speed of walls harmonic oscillations and characteristic thermal speed of gas molecules. It is then shown how this effect can be utilized for gas separation, and the comprehensive study of the influence of the main parameters (channel width and length, wave amplitude and length, etc.) on the magnitude of effect is performed.