Adiabatic particle hydrodynamics in three dimensions (Q1083954)

A version of smoothed particle hydrodynamics, a method first developed by Lucy, Gingold and Monaghan, and Wood [e.g. \textit{D. Wood}, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 194, 201-218 (1981; Zbl 0449.76033)], is applied to three- dimensional adiabatic flows both with and without shocks. Results of such numerical experiments with \(N\sim 10^ 2\) particles agree quite well with analytic results for the temperature as well as for the density and velocity provided that, for the shock tube problem, the proper artificial viscosity, Q, is used. Various forms of Q are discussed in terms of their effectiveness in damping out unphysical, non-systematic particle motions. The treatment of boundary conditions and the biased point correction are also discussed. The results are comparable in accuracy with the one- dimensional calculations of Monaghan and Gingold.