Application of discrete unified gas kinetic scheme to thermally induced nonequilibrium flows

Zhu, Lianhua and Guo, Zhaoli (2019) Application of discrete unified gas kinetic scheme to thermally induced nonequilibrium flows. Computers and Fluids, 193. 103613. ISSN 0045-7930 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.09.019)

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Abstract

In this article, we present the applications of the discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) for simulating thermal induced non-equilibrium flows. Four different types of thermally induced flows, including the thermal creep flow, thermal edge flow, radiometric flow and temperature discontinuity induced flow have been simulated in a wide range of Knudsen numbers. The numerical results have been compared with direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) solutions and show that the Shakhov model based DUGKS can be faithfully used for such thermally induced nonequilibrium flows. In particular, due to the asymptotic preserving property of the DUGKS, the flow features in the near continuum flows can be captured efficiently. The extremely low-speed character of such flows is also in favor of the current deterministic model equation solver.

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Zhu, Lianhua ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-7371 and Guo, Zhaoli;
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