Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of normal shock waves in dilute argon

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Valentini, Paolo ^a   Schwartzentruber, E Thomas ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHOCK WAVES; TEMPERATURE;

CHAPMAN-ENSKOG THEORY; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; HIGH TEMPERATURE RANGE; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; NONPERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NORMAL SHOCK WAVES; PARTICLE RESERVOIRS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 67650299737     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3149866     Document Type: Article

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