Nonlinear Boltzmann equation for the homogeneous isotropic case: minimal deterministic \texttt{Matlab} program

DOI10.1016/J.CPC.2010.06.041zbMATH Open1219.82005arXiv1004.3491OpenAlexW2123903209MaRDI QIDQ548987FDOQ548987

Pietro Asinari

Publication date: 30 June 2011

Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The homogeneous isotropic Boltzmann equation (HIBE) is a fundamental dynamic model for many applications in thermodynamics, econophysics and sociodynamics. Despite recent hardware improvements, the solution of the Boltzmann equation remains extremely challenging from the computational point of view, in particular by deterministic methods (free of stochastic noise). This work aims to improve a deterministic direct method recently proposed [V.V. Aristov, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001] for solving the HIBE with a generic collisional kernel and, in particular, for taking care of the late dynamics of the relaxation towards the equilibrium. Essentially (a) the original problem is reformulated in terms of particle kinetic energy (exact particle number and energy conservation during microscopic collisions) and (b) the computation of the relaxation rates is improved by the DVM-like correction, where DVM stands for Discrete Velocity Model (ensuring that the macroscopic conservation laws are exactly satisfied). Both these corrections make possible to derive very accurate reference solutions for this test case. Moreover this work aims to distribute an open-source program (called HOMISBOLTZ), which can be redistributed and/or modified for dealing with different applications, under the terms of the GNU General Public License. The program has been purposely designed in order to be minimal, not only with regards to the reduced number of lines (less than 1,000), but also with regards to the coding style (as simple as possible).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3491

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zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationisotropichomogeneousdeterministic method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to statistical mechanics (82-04) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

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Cited In (4)

• Warm cascade states in a forced-dissipated Boltzmann gas of hard spheres
• Quadrature-based moment closures for non-equilibrium flows: hard-sphere collisions and approach to equilibrium
• HOMISBOLTZ
• Verification of a stochastic diffusion gas model

Uses Software

• Matlab

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