Efficient parallel solver for rarefied gas flow using GSIS

Y Zhang, J Zeng, R Yuan, W Liu, Q Li, L Wu - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, the general synthetic iterative scheme (GSIS) has been proposed to find the
steady-state solution of the Boltzmann equation in the whole range of gas rarefaction, where …

Unified gas-kinetic wave-particle methods I: Continuum and rarefied gas flow

C Liu, Y Zhu, K Xu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
The unified gas-kinetic scheme (UGKS) provides a framework for simulating multiscale
transport with the updates of both gas distribution function and macroscopic flow variables …

Can we find steady-state solutions to multiscale rarefied gas flows within dozens of iterations?

W Su, L Zhu, P Wang, Y Zhang, L Wu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the central problems in the study of rarefied gas dynamics is to find the steady-state
solution of the Boltzmann equation quickly. When the Knudsen number is large, ie the …

Unified gas-kinetic wave-particle methods. II. Multiscale simulation on unstructured mesh

Y Zhu, C Liu, C Zhong, K Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, we present a unified gas-kinetic wave-particle (UGKWP) method on
unstructured mesh for the multiscale simulation of continuum and rarefied flow. Inheriting …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of discrete velocity methods for low-speed rarefied gas flows

P Wang, MT Ho, L Wu, Z Guo, Y Zhang - Computers & Fluids, 2018 - Elsevier
In the study of rarefied gas dynamics, the discrete velocity method (DVM) has been widely
employed to solve the gas kinetic equations. Although various versions of DVM have been …

Investigation of nonlinear squeeze-film dam** involving rarefied gas effect in micro-electro-mechanical systems

Y Wang, S Liu, C Zhuo, C Zhong - Computers & Mathematics with …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the nonlinear squeeze-film dam** (SFD) involving rarefied gas effect in the
micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) is investigated. Considering the motion of …

Numerical simulation of lateral jet interaction with rarefied hypersonic flow over a two-dimensional blunt body

G Zhao, C Zhong, S Liu, J Chen, C Zhuo - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Reaction Control System (RCS) is a direct force control system that successfully adjusts a
craft's attitude or orbit using the reaction force created by jet flow. RCS is frequently …

On the apparent permeability of porous media in rarefied gas flows

L Wu, MT Ho, L Germanou, XJ Gu, C Liu… - Journal of Fluid …, 2017 - cambridge.org
The apparent gas permeability of a porous medium is an important parameter in the
prediction of unconventional gas production, which was first investigated systematically by …

A multiscale discrete velocity method for diatomic molecular gas

Q Zhang, C Zhuo, J Mu, C Zhong, S Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the previous study, the multiscale discrete velocity method (MDVM) has been developed
for monatomic gas with particle translational motion only. Unlike the unified gas-kinetic …

Conserved discrete unified gas-kinetic scheme with unstructured discrete velocity space

J Chen, S Liu, Y Wang, C Zhong - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
Discrete unified gas-kinetic scheme (DUGKS) is a multiscale numerical method for flows
from continuum limit to free molecular limit, and is especially suitable for the simulation of …