Numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation: Comparison of different algorithms

DOI10.1016/J.EUROMECHFLU.2007.04.001zbMath1129.76040OpenAlexW2028834910MaRDI QIDQ2469131

Andrzej Palczewski, Zbigniew Walenta, Piotr Kowalczyk

Publication date: 4 February 2008

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2007.04.001

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo methodshock wavediscrete velocity methodmolecular dynamics method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shock waves and blast waves in fluid mechanics (76L05) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Particle methods and lattice-gas methods (76M28)

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Uses Software

• Boltzmann

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