Variance-reduced Monte Carlo solutions of the Boltzmann equation for low-speed gas flows: A discontinuous Galerkin formulation

DOI10.1002/fld.1724zbMath1226.76036OpenAlexW2165754031MaRDI QIDQ3528128

Lowell L. Baker, Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou

Publication date: 8 October 2008

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.1724

zbMATH Keywords

collision integraldilute gassmall scaleweak form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05)

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Uses Software

• WENO

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