Numerical recipes in FORTRAN (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
Numerical recipes in FORTRAN (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
The linearized Boltzmann equation: concise and accurate solutions to basic flow problems
Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Physik (ZAMP)
A fast iterative model for discrete velocity calculations on triangular grids
Journal of Computational Physics
Accuracy analysis of high-order lattice Boltzmann models for rarefied gas flows
Journal of Computational Physics
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A numerical procedure to solve the linearized Boltzmann equation with an arbitrary intermolecular potential by the discrete velocity method is elaborated. The equation is written in terms of the kernel, which contains the differential cross section and represents a singularity. As an example, the Lennard-Jones potential is used and the corresponding differential cross section is calculated and tabulated. Then, the kernel is calculated so that to overcome its singularity. Once, the kernel is known and stored it can be used for many kinds of gas flows. In order to test the method, the transport coefficients, i.e. thermal conductivity and viscosity for all noble gases, are calculated and compared with those obtained by the variational method using the Sonine polynomials expansion. The fine agreement between the results obtained by the two different methods shows the feasibility of application of the proposed technique to calculate rarefied gas flows over the whole range of the Knudsen number.