DSMC convergence behavior for fourier flow

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 762, Issue , 2005, Pages 473-478

  Rader, D J ^a   Gallis, M A ^a   Torczynski, J R ^a   Wagner, W ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

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EID: 33749016535     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1941581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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