Direct Monte Carlo Methods in Nonequilibrium Kinetics

Bruno, D.; Capitelli, M.; Longo, S.

doi:10.1002/ctpp.200410068

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“…The corresponding master equation approach and the modern DSMC (Direct Simulation Monte Carlo) method have revealed in the past years important features in the description of non-equilibrium distribution functions of the internal degrees of freedom of the different species. Currently our group is trying to insert the stateto-state approach in fluid dynamic codes for describing situations of aerospace [8][9][10] and fusion interest [11]. Re-entry problems involving shock waves, boundary layer kinetics and nozzle expansion flows can be better explained by the state-to-state approach which is able to describe non-equilibrium vibrational distributions and non-Maxwell EEDFs.…”

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Non-equilibrium plasma kinetics: a state-to-state approach

Capitelli

Armenise

Bruno

et al. 2007

Plasma Sources Sci. Technol.

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State-to-state approaches are used to shed light on (a) thermodynamic and transport properties of LTE plasmas, (b) atomic and molecular plasmas for aerospace applications and (c) RF sustained parallel plate reactors. The efforts made by the group of Bari in the kinetics and dynamics of electrons and molecular species are discussed from the point of view of either the master equation approach or the molecular dynamics of elementary processes. Recent experimental results are finally rationalized with a state-to-state kinetics based on the coupling of vibrational kinetics with the Boltzmann equation for the electron energy distribution function.

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