Monte Carlo solution of the Boltzmann equation via a discrete velocity model

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2010.10.037zbMath1390.82058MaRDI QIDQ630361

A. B. Morris, Philip L. Varghese, David B. Goldstein

Publication date: 17 March 2011

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2010.10.037

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo method; Boltzmann equation; discrete velocity model; non-equilibrium gas flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65C05: Monte Carlo methods

76P05: Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics

76M28: Particle methods and lattice-gas methods

82C40: Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics

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