[HTML][HTML] A second-order particle Fokker-Planck model for rarefied gas flows

S Kim, W Park, E Jun - Computer Physics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method has become a powerful tool for
studying rarefied gas flows. However, for the DSMC method to be effective, the cell size must …

An evaluation of the hybrid Fokker–Planck-DSMC approach for high-speed rarefied gas flows

S Kim, E Jun - Computers & Fluids, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method has been widely used for
simulations of rarefied gas flows. It has been proven that the numerical solution of the DSMC …

Evaluation of stochastic particle Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook methods with a focus on velocity distribution function

W Park, S Kim, M Pfeiffer, E Jun - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
For precise application of Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook (BGK) methods, assessing its accuracy
in non-equilibrium flows is necessary. Generally, this assessment relies on macroscopic …

Critical assessment of various particle Fokker–Planck models for monatomic rarefied gas flows

S Kim, H Gorji, E Jun - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the past decade, the particle-based Fokker–Planck (FP) method has been extensively
studied to reduce the computational costs of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method for …

A multiscale stochastic particle method based on the Fokker-Planck model for nonequilibrium gas flows

Z Cui, K Feng, Q Ma, J Zhang - Journal of Computational Physics, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fokker-Planck (FP) model characterizes the intermolecular collisions as
continuous stochastic processes in velocity space. Compared to the Direct Simulation Monte …

A stochastic Fokker–Planck–Master model for diatomic rarefied gas flows

S Kim, E Jun - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is widely used for numerical
solutions of the Boltzmann equation. However, the associated computational cost becomes …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-species modeling in the particle-based ellipsoidal statistical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook method including internal degrees of freedom

F Hild, M Pfeiffer - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
The implementation of the ellipsoidal statistical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (ESBGK) method in
the open-source particle code PICLas is extended for multi-species modeling of polyatomic …

Numerical modeling of the heat and mass transfer of rarefied gas flows in a double-sided oscillatory lid-driven cavity

Q He, S Tao, L Wang, J Chen, X Yang - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
In micro/nano research and engineering applications, internal flows of rarefied gas in
confined geometries with moving parts are of great interest. The rarefied gaseous flows in an …

Kinetic modelling of rarefied gas mixtures with disparate mass in strong non-equilibrium flows

Q Li, J Zeng, L Wu - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The simulation of rarefied gas flow based on the Boltzmann equation is challenging,
especially when the gas mixtures have disparate molecular masses. In this paper, a …

A unified stochastic particle method with spatiotemporal adaptation for simulating multiscale gas flows

K Feng, Z Cui, P Tian, J Zhang - Journal of Computational Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, the Unified Stochastic Particle (USP) method has emerged as a
promising approach for multiscale particle simulations, tailored specifically for non …