activity
20242026
collaborators

13 papers

math.NA2026

An asymptotic-preserving adjoint unified gas kinetic scheme for sensitivity analysis

Yue Zhang, Junzhe Cao, Wenpei Long +1

High-dimensional sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for multiscale gas dynamics, spanning the continuum to rarefied regimes, require computationally efficient and…

physics.flu-dyn2026

A Low-Storage Implicit Dual-Time Finite-Volume Framework for Radio-Frequency Capacitively Coupled Plasma Fluid Simulations

Yuze Zhu, Hangkong Wu, Junzhe Cao +2

Radio-frequency (RF) capacitively coupled plasmas (CCPs) are widely utilized in semiconductor manufacturing. Efficiently and accurately solving the underlying fluid governing equat…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Rigorously justified local time stepping in UGKWP method for steady multiscale flow simulation

Wenzhi Guo, Junzhe Cao, Wenpei Long +1

In this Letter, local time stepping (LTS) is incorporated into the unified gas-kinetic wave-particle (UGKWP) method for steady multiscale flow simulation. It accelerates convergenc…

physics.flu-dyn2026

A second-order unified gas-kinetic wave-particle method with enhanced mesh independence for hypersonic flows

Junzhe Cao, Rui Zhang, Wenpei Long +2

Benefiting from the direct modeling of physical laws in a discretized space and the automatic decomposition of the gas distribution function into hydrodynamic waves and particles,…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Surrogate-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization in Multiscale Flows via the Implicit Unified Gas-Kinetic Scheme

Xiaozhe Xi, Wenpei Long, Wenzhi Guo +2

While hypersonic glide vehicles such as the HTV-2 continue to be a focal point in aerospace research, their aerodynamic characteristics in complex near-space environments are not y…

physics.flu-dyn2026

On the Applicability of the Gas-Kinetic Scheme with Kinetic Boundary Conditions for Near-Continuum Hypersonic Flows

Wenpei Long, Junzhe Cao, Yue Zhang +1

Rarefied gas effects are of critical importance for the aerodynamic performance of hypersonic vehicles operating at high altitudes. In these scenarios, conventional computational f…