Monte Carlo simulation and Navier-Stokes finite difference calculation of unsteady-state rarefied gas flows

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 289-300

  Stefanov, Stefan ^a   Gospodinov, Peter ^a   Cercignani, Carlo ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TECHNIQUE; GAS FLOW; MONTE CARLO MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GAS FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031837781     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869561     Document Type: Article

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