Convergence behavior of a new DSMC algorithm

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4532-4548

  Gallis, M A ^a   Torczynski, J R ^a   Rader, D J ^a   Bird, G A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GAB Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Convergence; DSMC; Rarefied gas dynamics; Sophisticated DSMC

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES;

CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE BEHAVIORS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RAREFIED GAS DYNAMICS; SOPHISTICATED DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; SUB-CELLS; THEORETICAL VALUES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 67349084052     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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