Second-order accurate kinetic schemes for the ultra-relativistic Euler equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 695-726

  Kunik, Matthias ^a   Qamar, Shamsul ^a   Warnecke, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation laws; Discontinuous solutions; Entropy conditions; Hyperbolic systems; Kinetic schemes; Positivity; Relativistic Euler equations; Second order accuracy

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; ENTROPY; EULER EQUATIONS; FREE FLIGHT; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; KINETICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

CONSERVATION LAW; DISCONTINUOUS SOLUTIONS; ENTROPY CONDITIONS; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; KINETIC SCHEME; POSITIVITY; RELATIVISTIC EULER EQUATIONS; RELATIVISTICS; SECOND ORDERS; SECOND-ORDER ACCURACY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0345448307     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2003.07.019     Document Type: Article

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