WIAS Preprint No. 120, (1994)

A stochastic weighted particle method for the Boltzmann equation



Authors

  • Rjasanow, Sergej
  • Wagner, Wolfgang

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 65R20 45K05 82C40

Keywords

  • particle collisions, stochastic weighted particle method, algorithms, Boltzmann equation, Monte Carlo method

DOI

10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.120

Abstract

A class of algorithms for the numerical treatment of the Boltzmann equation is introduced. The basic idea is a more general procedure of modelling collisions between particles. This procedure is based on a random weight transfer from the particles with the pre-collision velocities to the particles with the post-collision velocities.

Appeared in

  • J. Comput. Phys., 124 (1996), pp. 243-253

Download Documents