An efficient discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for strongly inhomogeneous fluids at the nanoscale

Fuente: arXiv
Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Liu, Huipeng, Guo, Zhaoli
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
Soggetti:
Accesso online:
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866917101918224384
author Liu, Huipeng
Guo, Zhaoli
author_facet Liu, Huipeng
Guo, Zhaoli
contents The kinetic model with multiple integral terms based on the Enskog-Vlasov(EV) equation is widely employed to describe the inhomogeneous fluids at the nanoscale. However, previous studies have mainly focused on one-dimensional cases, partly due to the significant computational cost $O(NN_σ)$ associated with direct computation of integrals, where $N$ is the number of cells in the flow field and $N_σ$ is the number of cells in a cube with a side length equal to the molecular diameter $σ$. In this study, we propose a discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) with efficient numerical strategies for integrals to overcome the inefficiency of the direct method, reducing the computational cost to $O(N)$. Both accuracy and efficiency of the proposed DUGKS are assessed through several test cases, including static fluid structures and force-driven flow dynamics in parallel plate channels. As example applications, pressure-driven flow between two flat plates and force-driven flow in a square duct are investigated to highlight distinctive phenomena at the nanoscale.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2511_11195
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle An efficient discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for strongly inhomogeneous fluids at the nanoscale
Liu, Huipeng
Guo, Zhaoli
Fluid Dynamics
The kinetic model with multiple integral terms based on the Enskog-Vlasov(EV) equation is widely employed to describe the inhomogeneous fluids at the nanoscale. However, previous studies have mainly focused on one-dimensional cases, partly due to the significant computational cost $O(NN_σ)$ associated with direct computation of integrals, where $N$ is the number of cells in the flow field and $N_σ$ is the number of cells in a cube with a side length equal to the molecular diameter $σ$. In this study, we propose a discrete unified gas kinetic scheme (DUGKS) with efficient numerical strategies for integrals to overcome the inefficiency of the direct method, reducing the computational cost to $O(N)$. Both accuracy and efficiency of the proposed DUGKS are assessed through several test cases, including static fluid structures and force-driven flow dynamics in parallel plate channels. As example applications, pressure-driven flow between two flat plates and force-driven flow in a square duct are investigated to highlight distinctive phenomena at the nanoscale.
title An efficient discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for strongly inhomogeneous fluids at the nanoscale
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11195