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We present a numerical kinetic scheme for an unsteady mixed pressurised and free surface model. This model has a source term depending on both the space variable and the unknown, U, of the system. The source term is composed by a…

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We investigate a lattice model representing a granular gas in a thin channel. We deduce the hydrodynamic description for the model from the microscopic dynamics in the large system limit, including the lowest finite-size corrections. The…

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In this paper, a semi-Lagrangian gas-kinetic scheme is developed for smooth flows based on the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) equation. As a finite-volume scheme, the evolution of the average flow variables in a control volume is under the…

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Robust and accurate schemes are designed to simulate the coupling between subsurface and overland flows. The coupling conditions at the interface enforce the continuity of both the normal flux and the pressure. Richards' equation governing…

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Kinetic schemes for compressible flow of gases are constructed by exploiting the connection between Boltzmann equation and the Navier-Stokes equations. This connection allows us to construct a flux splitting for the Navier-Stokes equations…

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Implicit methods and GPU parallelization are two distinct yet powerful strategies for accelerating high-order CFD algorithms. However, few studies have successfully integrated both approaches within high-speed flow solvers. The core…

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Multiphase flows with high density ratios, such as water and air flows, have recently been simulated using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method. This approach corresponds to solving the phase field equations, such as the Cahn-Hilliard and…

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The multi-scale flow mechanism is crucial for force and heat loaded on near-space and reentry vehicles, the control of spacecraft by thrusters, the propelling and cooling of MEMS, etc. Since the continuum flow and rarefied flow often exist…

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This paper proposes a novel particle scheme that provides convergent approximations of a weak solution of the Navier-Stokes equations for the 1-D flow of a viscous compressible fluid. Moreover, it is shown that all differential inequalities…

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The unified gas-kinetic wave-particle (UGKWP) method is proposed for the neutron transport equation, addressing the inherent multiscale nature of neutron propagation in both optically thin and thick regimes. UGKWP couples macroscopic…

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During the past decades, the numerical methods based on Navier-Stokes (N-S) equations and direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) methods have been proved effective in simulating flows in the continuum and rarefied regimes, respectively.…

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This article performs a unified convergence analysis of a variety of numerical methods for a model of the miscible displacement of one incompressible fluid by another through a porous medium. The unified analysis is enabled through the…

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A kinetic model with flexible velocities is presented for solving the multi-component Euler equations. The model employs a two-velocity formulation in 1D and a three-velocity formulation in 2D. In 2D, the velocities are aligned with the…

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In this paper, a high-order gas-kinetic scheme in general curvilinear coordinate (HGKS-cur) is developed for the numerical simulation of compressible turbulence. Based on the coordinate transformation, the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK)…

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Gas-radiation coupling critically influences hypersonic reentry flows, where extreme temperatures induce pronounced non-equilibrium gas and radiative heat transport. Accurate and efficient simulation of radiative gas dynamics is therefore…

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The viscous shock tube is a canonical test case for assessing Navier-Stokes (NS) solvers in the continuum-flow regime, widely used to validate numerical accuracy and probe flow physics. It features a rich set of interacting structures-shock…

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We show feasibility and benefits of porting an adaptive multi-scale kinetic-fluid code to CPU-GPU systems. Challenges are due to the irregular data access for adaptive Cartesian mesh, vast difference of computational cost between kinetic…

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