A review of mathematical topics in collisional kinetic theory

C Villani - Handbook of mathematical fluid dynamics, 2002 - books.google.com
The goal of this review paper is to provide the reader with a concise introduction to the
mathematical theory of collision processes in (dilute) gases and plasmas, viewed as a …

Rarefied gas flow simulations using high-order gas-kinetic unified algorithms for Boltzmann model equations

ZH Li, AP Peng, HX Zhang, JY Yang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
This article reviews rarefied gas flow computations based on nonlinear model Boltzmann
equations using deterministic high-order gas-kinetic unified algorithms (GKUA) in phase …

Numerical methods for kinetic equations

G Dimarco, L Pareschi - Acta Numerica, 2014 - cambridge.org
In this survey we consider the development and mathematical analysis of numerical
methods for kinetic partial differential equations. Kinetic equations represent a way of …

A class of asymptotic-preserving schemes for kinetic equations and related problems with stiff sources

F Filbet, S Jin - Journal of Computational Physics, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a general time-discrete framework to design asymptotic-
preserving schemes for initial value problem of the Boltzmann kinetic and related equations …

Deterministic numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation using the fast spectral method

L Wu, C White, TJ Scanlon, JM Reese… - Journal of Computational …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Boltzmann equation describes the dynamics of rarefied gas flows, but the
multidimensional nature of its collision operator poses a real challenge for its numerical …

Implicit–explicit schemes for BGK kinetic equations

S Pieraccini, G Puppo - Journal of Scientific Computing, 2007 - Springer
In this work a new class of numerical methods for the BGK model of kinetic equations is
presented. In principle, schemes of any order of accuracy in both space and time can be …

Fast algorithms for computing the Boltzmann collision operator

C Mouhot, L Pareschi - Mathematics of computation, 2006 - ams.org
The development of accurate and fast numerical schemes for the five-fold Boltzmann
collision integral represents a challenging problem in scientific computing. For a particular …

[HTML][HTML] Boltzmann's equation at 150: Traditional and modern solution techniques for charged particles in neutral gases

GJ Boyle, PW Stokes, RE Robson… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Seminal gas discharge experiments of the late 19th and early 20th centuries laid the
foundations of modern physics, and the influence of this “golden era” continues to resonate …

Solving the Boltzmann equation deterministically by the fast spectral method: application to gas microflows

L Wu, JM Reese, Y Zhang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - cambridge.org
Based on the fast spectral approximation to the Boltzmann collision operator, we present an
accurate and efficient deterministic numerical method for solving the Boltzmann equation …

A conservative, entropic multispecies BGK model

JR Haack, CD Hauck, MS Murillo - Journal of Statistical Physics, 2017 - Springer
We derive a conservative multispecies BGK model that follows the spirit of the original,
single species BGK model by making the specific choice to conserve species masses, total …