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Linear half-space problems can be used to solve domain decomposition problems between Boltzmann and aerodynamic equations. A new fast numerical method computing the asymptotic states and outgoing distributions for a linearized BGK half-space problem is presented. Relations with the so-called variational methods are discussed. In particular, we stress the connection between these methods and Chapman-Enskog type expansions.
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Golse, F., Klar, A. A numerical method for computing asymptotic states and outgoing distributions for kinetic linear half-space problems. J Stat Phys 80, 1033–1061 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02179863
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