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A three-dimensional Particle In Cell scheme for unstructured grids is presented. Since simulations of this kind require large computational resources, the solver was parallelized. The scalability of two parallel simulations is shown and an engineering application as well as two validation test cases for the scheme are presented.
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Neudorfer, J. et al. (2011). Three-Dimensional Simulation of Rarefied Plasma Flows Using a High Order Particle in Cell Method. In: Nagel, W., Kröner, D., Resch, M. (eds) High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering '10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15748-6_43
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