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7 papers

physics.comp-ph2026

The extended gas-kinetic theory from Pullin equation: the relaxation rates, transport coefficients and model equation

Sha Liu, Ningchao Ding, Ming Fang +4

The Borgnakke-Larsen model, widely used in rarefied flow predictions, serves as the mainstream energy-exchange kernel for polyatomic gases. However, it lacks integrability and does…

physics.flu-dyn2026

Phenomenological energy exchange of diatomic gases: Comparison of Pullin and Borgnakke-Larsen models in direct simulation Monte Carlo method

Hao Jin, Sha Liu, Ningchao Ding +4

In hypersonic rarefied flows, insufficient intermolecular collisions cause significant deviations between translational and rotational temperatures, leading to strong thermal noneq…

physics.flu-dyn2025

A simplified unified wave-particle method for diatomic gases with rotational and vibrational non-equilibrium

Sirui Yang, Chengwen Zhong, Ningchao Ding +4

The hypersonic flow around near-space vehicles constitutes a multi-scale flow problem. Due to insufficient molecular collisions to achieve equilibrium, rarefied gas effects are pre…

physics.comp-ph2025

A hybrid numerical algorithm based on the stochastic particle Shakhov and DSMC method

Hao Jin, Sha Liu, Sirui Yang +3

The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is widely employed for simulating rarefied nonequilibrium gas flows. With advances in aerospace engineering and micro/nano-scale tec…

physics.comp-ph2025

A Multi-Scale Boltzmann Equation for Complex Systems of Neutral Gases across All Flow Regimes

Sha Liu, Junzhe Cao, Sirui Yang +1

A Multi-scale Boltzmann Equation (MBE) is found from the gas-kinetic theory and the direct modeling philosophy as a master equation for complex physical systems of neutral gases ac…

physics.flu-dyn2025

A novel Cercignani-Lampis boundary model for discrete velocity methods in predicting rarefied and multi-scale flows

Jianfeng Chen, Sha Liu, Rui Zhang +5

To extend the discrete velocity method (DVM) and unified methods to more realistic boundary conditions, a Cercignani-Lampis (CL) boundary with different momentum and thermal energy…