A fast iterative model for discrete velocity calculations on triangular grids

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4315-4326

  Szalmás, Lajos ^a   Valougeorgis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Discrete kinetic equations; Discrete velocity method; Rarefied gas flows; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTATION THEORY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; STABILITY;

DISCRETE KINETIC EQUATION; DISCRETE KINETICS; DISCRETE VELOCITY METHOD; ITERATIVE MODEL; KINETIC EQUATIONS; RAREFIED GAS FLOW; SPEED UP; STABILITY ANALYZE; TRIANGULAR GRID; VELOCITY CALCULATIONS;

GASES;

EID: 77950051358     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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