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A numerical method for solving the model kinetic equations for hypersonic flows has been developed. The model equations for the distribution function are discretized in phase space using a second order upwind finite difference scheme for the spatial derivatives. The resulting system of ordinary differential equations in time is integrated by using a rational Runge-Kutta scheme. Calculations were carried out for hypersonic flow around a double ellipse under various free stream conditions. Calculated results are compared with the Navier-Stokes solutions and the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method for the corresponding case. The agreement is quite excellent in general.
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Communicated by T.E. Tezduyar, July 23, 1992
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Satofuka, N., Morinishi, K. & Oishi, T. Numerical solution of the kinetic model equations for hypersonic flows. Computational Mechanics 11, 452–464 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350099
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350099