Spectral-Lagrangian methods for collisional models of non-equilibrium statistical states

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2012-2036

  Gamba, Irene M ^a   Tharkabhushanam, Sri Harsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann transport equation; Conservative non conservative deterministic method; FFT; Lagrangian optimization; Spectral method

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SPHERES; STATISTICAL PHYSICS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BOLTZMANN'S EQUATIONS; BOLTZMANN'S TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; CONSERVATIVE/NON-CONSERVATIVE DETERMINISTIC METHOD; DETERMINISTIC METHODS; HARD SPHERES; INELASTIC INTERACTION; LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

EID: 59149091341     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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