10 papers
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
A unified gas-kinetic wave-particle method for multiscale binary-species gas mixtures
Junzhe Cao, Yufeng Wei, Wenpei Long +2
This paper presents a unified gas-kinetic wave-particle (UGKWP) method for simulating multiscale binary-species gas mixtures. Benefiting from direct modeling in a discretized space…