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The kinetic Boltzmann equation models gas dynamics over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Simplified versions of the full Boltzmann collision operator, such as the classical Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook and the closely related…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-29 James A. Rossmanith , Preeti Sar

Numerically solving the Boltzmann kinetic equations with the small Knudsen number is challenging due to the stiff nonlinear collision term. A class of asymptotic preserving schemes was introduced in [6] to handle this kind of problems. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-09-20 Francis Filbet , Jingwei Hu , Shi Jin

An implicit high-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method is developed to find steady-state solution of rarefied gas flow described by the Boltzmann equation with full collision operator. In the physical space, velocity distribution…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 Wei Su , Peng Wang , Yonghao Zhang , Lei Wu

In this paper we present a new ultra efficient numerical method for solving kinetic equations. In this preliminary work, we present the scheme in the case of the BGK relaxation operator. The scheme, being based on a splitting technique…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Giacomo Dimarco , Raphaël Loubere

The most rigorous physical description of non-equilibrium gas dynamics is rooted in the numerical solution of the Boltzmann equation. Yet, the large number of degrees of freedom and the wide range of both spatial and temporal scales render…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-10-25 Anthony Chang , Narendra Singh , Marco Panesi

The Boltzmann equation, an integro-differential equation for the molecular distribution function in the physical and velocity phase space, governs the fluid flow behavior at a wide range of physical conditions, including compressible,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-11-15 Shashank Jaiswal , Alina A. Alexeenko , Jingwei Hu

This work explores the capability of simulating complex fluid flows by directly solving the Boltzmann equation. Due to the high-dimensionality of the governing equation, the substantial computational cost of solving the Boltzmann equation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-12-05 Tarik Dzanic , Luigi Martinelli

We consider the neural sparse representation to solve Boltzmann equation with BGK and quadratic collision model, where a network-based ansatz that can approximate the distribution function with extremely high efficiency is proposed.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Zhengyi Li , Yanli Wang , Hongsheng Liu , Zidong Wang , Bin Dong

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

In this paper we deal with the extension of the Fast Kinetic Scheme (FKS) [J. Comput. Phys., Vol. 255, 2013, pp 680-698] originally constructed for solving the BGK equation, to the more challenging case of the Boltzmann equation. The scheme…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-08-30 Giacomo Dimarco , Raphaël Loubère , Jacek Narski , Thomas Rey

The high-order hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method combining with an implicit iterative scheme is used to find the steady-state solution of the Boltzmann equation with full collision integral on two-dimensional triangular…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-19 Wei Su , Peng Wang , Yonghao Zhang , Lei Wu

We introduce a numerical method for solving Grad's moment equations or regularized moment equations for arbitrary order of moments. In our algorithm, we do not need explicitly the moment equations. As an instead, we directly start from the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-05-04 Zhenning Cai , Ruo Li

We use the Burnett spectral method to solve the Boltzmann equation whose collision term is modeled by separate treatments for the low-frequency part and high-frequency part of the solution. For the low-frequency part representing the sketch…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Zhenning Cai , Yanli Wang

Spectral methods, thanks to the high accuracy and the possibility of using fast algorithms, represent an effective way to approximate collisional kinetic equations in kinetic theory. On the other hand, the loss of some local invariants can…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-28 Lorenzo Pareschi , Thomas Rey

Gaseous flows under an external force are intrinsically defined by their multi-scale nature due to the large variation of densities along the forcing direction. Devising a numerical method capable of accurately and efficiently solving…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Shuangqing Liu , Zuoxu Li , Yonghao Zhang , Tianbai Xiao

We apply the collision-based hybrid introduced in \cite{hauck} to the Boltzmann equation with the BGK operator and a hyperbolic scaling. An implicit treatment of the source term is used to handle stiffness associated with the BGK operator.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-21 Minwoo Shin , Cory D. Hauck , Ryan G. McClarren

The paper presents a solution to the Boltzmann kinetic equation based on the construction of its discrete conservative model. Discrete analogue of the collision integral is presented as a contraction of a tensor, which is independent from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-04 George Arabuli

The numerical approximation of the Boltzmann collision operator presents significant challenges arising from its high dimensionality, nonlinear structure, and nonlocal integral form. In this work, we propose a Fourier Neural Operator (FNO)…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-16 Boyun Hu , Kunlun Qi

The non-equilibrium gas dynamics is described by the Boltzmann equation, which can be solved numerically through the deterministic and stochastic methods. Due to the complicated collision term of the Boltzmann equation, many kinetic…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-02-03 Xiaocong Xu , Yipei Chen , Kun Xu

Partial differential equations (p.d.e) equipped of spatial derivatives of fractional order capture anomalous transport behaviors observed in diverse fields of Science. A number of numerical methods approximate their solutions in dimension…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-08-21 Alain Cartalade , Amina Younsi , Marie-Christine Néel
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