Numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation: comparison of different algorithms

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-74

  Kowalczyk, Piotr ^a   Palczewski, Andrzej ^a   Russo, Giovanni ^b   Walenta, Zbigniew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHOCK WAVES;

DISCRETE VELOCITY METHOD (DV); MONO-ATOMIC RAREFIED GAS; TIME-RELAXED MONTE CARLO METHOD (TRMC2);

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 36549016542     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euromechflu.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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