Accuracy and convergence of a new DSMC algorithm

40th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

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

^a Engineering Sciences Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; ONE DIMENSIONAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; CONVERGENCE BEHAVIORS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DSMC SIMULATION; HARD-SPHERE GAS; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; THEORETICAL VALUES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78049381708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-3913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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