Kinetic Theory Models

Francisco Chinesta (1, 2) , Emmanuelle Abisset-Chavanne (3)

1 PIMM - Laboratoire Procédés et Ingénierie en Mécanique et Matériaux
2 ESI Group - ESI Group
3 GeM - Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique

Discrete techniques (MD or BD), despite their conceptual simplicity, are very often too expensive from the computational point of view. Kinetic theory approaches seem, in many cases, a suitable compromise between the accuracy of finer descriptions and the computational efficiency of macroscopic descriptions. In this chapter, we revisit some kinetic theory models. Even if there is a common rationale for deriving the different models, in order to emphasize their physical contents, we will follow a diversity of alternative routes to derive them.

Domaines: Matériaux

Francisco Chinesta, Emmanuelle Abisset-Chavanne. Kinetic Theory Models. A Journey Around the Different Scales Involved in the Description of Matter and Complex Systems: A Brief Overview with Special Emphasis on Kinetic Theory Approaches, Springer, pp.69-125, 2018, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-70001-4_4⟩. ⟨hal-02734706⟩