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In this paper a planar stationary shock-wave-like solution of the Enskog equation obtained via a Monte Carlo technique is studied; both the algorithm used to obtain the solution and the qualitative behavior of the macroscopic quantities are discussed in comparison with the corresponding solution of the Boltzmann equation.
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Frezzotti, A., Sgarra, C. Numerical analysis of a shock-wave solution of the Enskog equation obtained via a Monte Carlo method. J Stat Phys 73, 193–207 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052757
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