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A new implicit BGK collision model using a semi-Lagrangian approach is proposed in this paper. Unlike existing models, in which the implicit BGK collision is resolved either by a temporal extrapolation or by a variable transformation, the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-06-03 Leitao Chen , Sauro Succi , Xiaofeng Cai , Laura Schaefer

In this work, closure of the Boltzmann--BGK moment hierarchy is accomplished via projection of the distribution function $f$ onto a space $\mathbb{H}^{N}$ spanned by $N$-order Hermite polynomials. While successive order approximations…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2010-02-15 Carlos E. Colosqui

We introduce a numerical solver for the spatially inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation using the Burnett spectral method. The modelling and discretization of the collision operator are based on the previous work [Z. Cai, Y. Fan, and Y. Wang,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-10-22 Zhicheng Hu , Zhenning Cai

When simulating multicomponent mixtures via the Lattice Boltzmann Method, it is desirable to control the mutual diffusivity between species while maintaining the viscosity of the solution fixed. This goal is herein achieved by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-20 Michele Monteferrante , Simone Melchionna , Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi

Ideal gases can be modeled by the Boltzmann equation from statistical physics. Instead of trying to track the position and velocity of a large number of gas molecules, it is possible to describe the particles with a particle distribution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Vienna B. Rossmanith

In this paper, we first extend the micro-macro decomposition method for multiscale kinetic equations from the BGK model to general collisional kinetic equations, including the Boltzmann and the Fokker-Planck Landau equations. The main idea…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Irene M. Gamba , Shi Jin , Liu Liu

Thermodynamic nonequilibrium effects play a central role in momentum and energy transport in compressible flows. In conventional BGK kinetic models, the relaxation time $\tau$ is taken as a constant, which neglects the dependence of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-19 Demei Li , Zhongyi He , Huilin Lai , Yanbiao Gan , Hailong Liu , Pengfei Lin

The mean-state dynamics of free fermions subject to random projective measurements of local occupation number operators is governed by a Lindblad equation with dephasing noise. In the continuum limit, the equation of motion for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-29 Michele Coppola

We present a simple and general approach to formulate the lattice BGK model for high speed compressible flows. The main point consists of two parts: an appropriate discrete equilibrium distribution function (DEDF) $\mathbf{f}^{eq}$ and a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-16 Yanbiao Gan , Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang , Yang Yang

Systems of particles with long range interactions present two important processes: first, the formation of out-of-equilibrium quasi-stationary states (QSS), and the collisional relaxation towards Maxwell-Boltzmann equilibrium in a much…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-03-08 Fernanda P. C. Benetti , Bruno Marcos

We propose a new kinetic BGK-type model for a mixture of four monatomic gases, undergoing a bimolecular and reversible chemical reaction. The elastic and reactive interactions are described separately by distinct relaxation terms and the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-07 Giorgio Martalò , Ana Jacinta Soares , Romina Travaglini

In this mini-review we summarize the progress of Lattice Boltzmann(LB) modeling and simulating compressible flows in our group in recent years. Main contents include (i) Single-Relaxation-Time(SRT) LB model supplemented by additional…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-08-29 Aiguo Xu , Guangcai Zhang , Yanbiao Gan , Feng Chen , Xijun Yu

We present a hybrid Boltzmann-BGK model for inert mixtures, where each kind of binary interaction may be described by a classical Boltzmann integral or by a suitable relaxation-type operator. We allow also the possibility of changing the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Marzia Bisi , Maria Groppi , Giorgio Martalò

The development of multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a significant contribution in improving the numerical behavior, revealing the math and physics mechanism and extending the application of LBM. However, some…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-02-23 Yu Wang , Jingjing Shi

Solving the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) equation with a stochastic particle approach enables efficient and flexible simulations of flows in the transition regime, between continuum and free molecular flow. However, the usual first-order…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-02 Marcel Pfeiffer , Félix Garmirian , Tobias Ott

Multi-species BGK models describe the dynamics of rarefied gases with constituent particles of different elements or compounds with potentially non-trivial velocity distributions. In this paper, moment equations for the bulk velocities,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-20 Evan Habbershaw , Ryan S. Glasby , Jeffrey R. Haack , Cory D. Hauck , Steven M. Wise

This paper presents a novel strategy for constructing body source terms in the high-order lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), designed to efficiently introduce various physical phenomena by modifying the non-equilibrium distribution function.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-11-19 Shunyang Li , Li Wan , Nan Gui , Xingtuan Yang , Jiyuan Tu , Shengyao Jiang

The present work is dedicated to a better understanding of the stability properties of regularized lattice Boltzmann (LB) schemes. To this extent, linear stability analyses of two-dimensional models are proposed: the standard…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-11-18 Gauthier Wissocq , Christophe Coreixas , Jean-François Boussuge

In this paper, we first present a multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann (MRT-LB) model for one-dimensional diffusion equation where the D1Q3 (three discrete velocities in one-dimensional space) lattice structure is considered. Then…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Yuxin Lin , Ning Hong , Baochang Shi , Zhenhua Chai

The Boltzmann kinetic equation for low-density granular suspensions under simple shear flow is considered to determine the velocity moments through the fourth degree. The influence of the interstitial gas on solid particles is modeled by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-01-09 Rubén Gómez González , Vicente Garzó