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Molecular Gas Dynamics and the Direct Simulation of Gas Flows

G. A. Bird

Price: £118.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-856195-8
Publication date: 5 May 1994
484 pages, 120 illus., 4 color plates, DSMC demonstration programs available via internet disk, 234x156 mm
Series: Oxford Engineering Science Series number 42
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Reviews

'`... the fact that all the numerical results can be obtained simply by running code supplied with the text is of benefit to the professional engineers and physicists to whom this book will appeal.' Contemporary Physics' -
'This is an updated and very substantially expanded version of the author's 1976 monograph. It reflects the many developments which have occurred in the art of modelling gas flows from an essentially microscopic point of view .........This monograph will surely be used as a reference work in its field for the time to come.' - Monatshefte fur Mathematik Vol 122 No 4 1996
'An updated and very substantially expanded version of the author's 1976 monographs.....Added to the volume is a diskette with a number of Fortran-Routines which will allow the user to get acquaintance and experiment with the methods without having to invest much effort into code development. This monograph will surely be used as a reference work in its field for the time to come' - Monatschefte fur Mathematik Vol 122 No 4 1996

Description

Second edition of a highly regarded text
Bound to become the definitive text on (rarefied) gas dynamics
Covers the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method
Includes all the refinements and latest research since the first edition in 1976

The direct simulation Monte Carlo (or DSMC) method has, in recent years, become widely used for engineering and scientific studes of gas glows that involve low densities or very small physical dimensions. This method is a direct physical simulation of the motion of representative molecules, rather than a numverical solution of the equations that provide a mathematical model of the flow. the computations are nolonger expensive and the period since the 1976 publication of the original Molecular Gas Dynamics has seen enormous improvements in the molecular models, the procedures, and the implementation strategies for the DSMC method. the molecular theory of gas flows is developed from first principles and is extended to cover the new models and procedures. For more information visit the website on http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gabird/

Readership: Postgraduate engineers, physicists, chemists, applied mathematicians interested in rarefied gas dynamics.

Contents

1. The Molecular Band

2. Binary Elastic Collisions

3. Basic Kinetic Theory

4. Equilibrium Gas Properties

5. Inelastic Collisions and Surface Interactions

6. Chemical Reactions and Thermal Radiation

7. Collisionless Flows

8. Analytical Methods for Transition Regime Flows

9. Numerical Methods for Transition Regime Flows

10. General Issues Related to Direct Simulations

11. DSMC Procedures in a Homogenous Gas

12. One-dimensional Steady Flows

13. One-dimensional Unsteady Flows

14. Two-dimensional Flows

15. Axially Symmetric Flows

16. Three-dimensional Flows

Appendix A: Representative Gas Properties

Appendix B: Probability Functions and Related Integrals

Appendix C: Sampling from a Prescribed Distribution

Appendix D: Listing of Program FMF.FOR

Appendix E: Numerical Artifacts

Appendix F: Summary of the DSMC Demonstration Program

Appendix G: Listing of Program DSMCOS.FOR

Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

G. A. Bird, Managing Director, GAB Consulting Pty Ltd., Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney

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