Direct Simulation and the Boltzmann Equation

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The direct simulation Monte Carlo method for the numerical solution of problems in rarefied gas dynamics is described and discussed. It is shown that the procedures adopted in this method can be directly related to the Boltzmann equation and that the two are entirely consistent. It is concluded that the results obtained from the method constitute a solution of the Boltzmann equation.

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Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Theoretical and Computational Physics Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics

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Published in: The Physics of Fluids

Volume 13, Issue 11, pp. 2676-2681

DOI: 10.1063/1.1692849

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