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The performance of high-order gas-kinetic scheme (HGKS) has been investigated for the direct numerical simulation (DNS) of isotropic compressible turbulence up to the supersonic regime. Due to the multi-scale nature and coupled…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-05-19 Guiyu Cao , Liang Pan , Kun Xu

Targeting a cone with the half-angle as 10-deg at M = 27 and H = 72 km, simulations were conducted comparatively to analyze the predictions by different equilibrium and non-equilibrium gas models. Following validation and grid studies,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-16 Mengyu Wang , Pan Yan , Qin Li , Zhenfeng Wang , Xiaoming Guo , Yuanchun Liu

This study presents an efficient and accurate discrete adjoint gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) for sensitivity analysis and aerodynamic shape optimization in continuum flow regimes. Developed using the backward mode of algorithmic differentiation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-17 Hangkong Wu , Yuze Zhu , Yajun Zhu , Kun Xu

This paper presents a kinetic model for the coupled evolution of radiation, electrons, and ions in a radiation plasma system. The model is solved using two methods. The gas-kinetic scheme (GKS) for electron and ion hydrodynamics and the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Mingyu Quan , Xiaojian Yang , Yufeng Wei , Kun Xu

Hypersonic flow around a vehicle in near space flight is associated with multiscale non-equilibrium physics at a large variation of local Knudsen number from the leading edge highly compressible flow to the trailing edge particle free…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-11-28 Yufeng Wei , Yajun Zhu , Kun Xu

The gas dynamics under external force field is essentially associated with multiple scale nature due to the large variations of density and local Knudsen number. Single scale fluid dynamic equations, such as the Boltzmann and Navier-Stokes…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-31 Tianbai Xiao , Kun Xu , Qingdong Cai , Tiezheng Qian

This paper extends the gas-kinetic scheme for one-dimensional inviscid shallow water equations (J. Comput. Phys. 178 (2002), pp. 533-562) to multidimensional gas dynamic equations under gravitational fields. Four important issues in the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2008-01-24 C. L. Tian , K. Xu , K. L. Chan , L. C. Deng

For the one-stage third-order gas-kinetic scheme (GKS), success applications have been achieved for the three-dimensional compressible flow computations [33]. The high-order accuracy of the scheme is obtained directly by integrating a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Liang Pan , Kun Xu

Reactive flows for rarefied gas mixtures involve a multi-scale transport characterized by particle collisions and free streaming, and non-equilibrium physics containing multi-species interactions, and chemical non-equilibrium. These flows…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-16 Yufeng Wei , Junzhe Cao , Kun Xu

Simulating multiscale flows with moving boundaries, such as hypersonic multi-body separation and flows in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), requires robust numerical methods that couple mesh deformation with complex flow physics.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Yue Zhang , Wenpei Long , Junzhe Cao , Kun Xu

A dual time-stepping strategy of gas-kinetic scheme for the simulation of unsteady flows is introduced in this work. The dual time-stepping strategy is always used in the approaches of unsteady flows, and the ability of dual time-stepping…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-05-31 Ji Li , Chengwen Zhong , Yong Wang , Congshan Zhuo

This paper presents a novel methodology for the direct numerical modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. The kinetic model equation is firstly extended to turbulent flow with the account of coupled evolution of kinetic, thermal, and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Xiaojian Yang , Kun Xu

We present a novel approach to kinetic theory modeling enabling the simulation of a generic, real gas presented by its corresponding equation of state. The model is based on mass, momentum and energy conservation, and unlike the lattice…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-25 Ehsan Reyhanian , Benedikt Dorschner , Ilya Karlin

Two kinetic models are proposed for high-temperature rarefied (or non-equilibrium) gas flows with radiation. One of the models uses the Boltzmann collision operator to model the translational motion of gas molecules, which has the ability…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-06-28 Qi Li , Jianan Zeng , Lei Wu

For computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the generalized Riemann problem (GRP) solver and the gas-kinetic kinetic scheme (GKS) provide a time-accurate flux function starting from a discontinuous piecewise linear flow distributions around…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-12 Liang Pan , Kun Xu , Qibing Li , Jiequan Li

A Kinetic Inviscid Flux (KIF) is proposed for simulating incompressible and compressible flows. It is constructed based on the direct modeling of multi-scale flow behaviors, which is used in the Gas-Kinetic Scheme (GKS), the Unified…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Sha Liu , Junzhe Cao , Chengwen Zhong

In this paper, a finite-volume discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) based on the non-gray phonon transport model is developed for multiscale heat transfer problem with arbitrary temperature difference. Under large temperature…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 Chuang Zhang , Zhaoli Guo

n an early approach, we proposed a kinetic model with multiple translational temperature [K. Xu, H. Liu and J. Jiang, Phys. Fluids {\bf 19}, 016101 (2007)], to simulate non-equilibrium flows. In this paper, instead of using three…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-03-13 Kun Xu , Zhaoli Guo

This paper presents a comprehensive numerical framework for simulating radiation-plasma systems. The radiative transfer process spans multiple flow regimes due to varying fluid opacity across different regions, necessitating a robust…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 Mingyu Quan , Kun Xu

This paper extends the high-order compact gas-kinetic scheme (CGKS) to compressible flow simulations on a rotating coordinate frame. The kinetic equation with the inclusion of centrifugal and Coriolis acceleration is used in the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 Yue Zhang , Xing Ji , Kun Xu