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Simulating fluids, gases and everything in between

Nature Computational Science volume 2, pages 626–627 (2022)Cite this article

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The simulation of relativistic flows that can transit from a fluid-like to a gas-like substance poses challenges for computational methods. A lattice kinetic scheme is proposed to simulate such flows, which allows a computational probe of both strongly and weakly interacting regimes.

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Fig. 1: Applicability of different computational methods for simulating fluids and gases.

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