Technical Program Agenda
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Monday Morning, September 26, 2005
07:00-08:30 am, Continental Breakfast
| 08:00-08:30 |
Welcome Session - Art Ratzel, Director, Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories |
| 08:30-09:30 |
Keynote Address
Chair: M. A. Gallis |
| 08:30-09:30 |
G. A. Bird |
What Types of Computer and Program Are Needed for DSMC? |
GAB Consulting Pty Ltd |
09:30-10:00 am, Break
| 10:00-12:05 |
Theory and Algorithms
Chair: C. R. Kaplan |
| 10:00-10:25 |
T. Ohwada |
Splitting Algorithm and Kinetic Schemes for Compressible Flows |
Kyoto University |
| 10:25-10:50 |
F. J. Alexander, F. Bonetto,
J. L. Lebowitz |
Fluctuations, Entropy and Nonequilibrium States with DSMC |
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| 10:50-11:15 |
Q. Sun, I. Boyd |
Theoretical Development of the Information Preservation Method |
University of Michigan |
| 11:15-11:40 |
A. L. Garcia, W. Wagner |
Generation of the Maxwellian Inflow Distribution |
San Jose State University, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics |
| 11:40-12:05 |
M. N. Macrossan, C. R. Lilley |
Modified GHS Collision Model Compared with VHS Model |
University of Queensland |
12:05-01:00 pm, Lunch
| 01:00-03:05 |
Microscale Flows
Chair: A. L. Garcia |
| 01:00-01:25 |
M. A. Gallis,
J. R. Torczynski, D. J. Rader |
DSMC Simulations of Transient MEMS Gas Flows on Massively Parallel Computers |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| 01:25-01:50 |
E. V. Titov,
D. A. Levin |
Study of Techniques for Efficient Modeling of MEMS Device Flows |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 01:50-02:15 |
L. I. Rosas-Soriano,
A. Rangel-Huerta |
Simulation of Micro Fluxes in JAVA Through (DSMC) Monte Carlo |
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla |
| 02:15-02:40 |
M. N. Shneider, S. F. Gimelshein |
Application of Molecular Acceleration in Pulsed Optical Lattices to Micropropulsion Devices |
Princeton University, University of Southern California |
| 02:40-03:05 |
E. S. Piekos |
Phonon Transport Simulation Using DSMC |
Sandia National Laboratories |
03:05-03:50 pm, Break
| 03:50-05:30 |
Hybrid Methods
Chair: J. R. Torczynski |
| 03:50-04:15 |
G. Abbate,
C. R. Kleijn,
B. J. Thijsse |
Adaptive Coupling of Navier-Stokes Equations and DSMC Using the Schwarz Method |
Delft University of Technology |
| 04:15-04:40 |
S. V. Nedea,
A. J. Markvoort,
A. J. H. Frijns,
A. A. van Steenhoven,
P. A. J. Hilbers |
Hybrid Molecular Dynamics-Monte Carlo Simulation Results for a Hard-Sphere Gas Near the Walls of a Micro-Channel |
Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 04:40-05:05 |
T. E. Schwartzentruber, I. D. Boyd |
Detailed Analysis of a Hybrid CFD-DSMC Method for Hypersonic Non-Equilibrium Flows |
University of Michigan |
| 05:05-05:30 |
C. R. Kaplan,
J. Liu,
E. S. Oran |
Parallel Hybrid Method for Subsonic Flow: Boundary Condition and Load-Balancing Challenges |
Naval Research Laboratory, Berkeley Research Associates |

Tuesday Morning, September 27, 2005
07:00-08:30 am, Continental Breakfast
08:30-09:10 |
Invited Lecture
Chair: D. J. Rader |
08:30-09:10 |
H. Brenner |
Navier-Stokes Revisited |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
09:10-10:00 |
Thermal Transpiration
Chair: D. J. Rader |
| 09:10-09:35 |
S. Borisov, O. Sazhin |
Thermal Transpiration Phenomenon Study by Monte Carlo Method with the Use of Different Gas-Surface Scattering Kernels |
Ural State University |
| 09:35-10:00 |
A. A. Alexeenko,
S. F. Gimelshein, E. P. Muntz, A. D. Ketsdever |
Modeling of Thermal Transpiration Flows Using DSMC and Model Kinetic Equation Solvers |
University of Southern California, Air Force Research Laboratory |
10:00-10:45 am, Break
| 10:45-12:00 |
Fourier and Couette Flows
Chair: T. Ohwada |
| 10:45-11:10 |
H. Yoshida,
K. Aoki |
Cylindrical Couette Flows of a Vapor-Gas Mixture: A Ghost Effect in the Continuum Limit |
Kyoto University |
| 11:10-11:35 |
J. R. Torczynski, M. A. Gallis,
D. J. Rader |
Shear-Thinning and Shear-Insulating Behavior of Gases in DSMC Simulations |
Sandia National Laboratories |
| 11:35-12:00 |
D. J. Rader,
M. A. Gallis,
J. R. Torczynski, W. Wagner |
DSMC Convergence Behavior for Fourier Heat Flow |
Sandia National Laboratories, Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics |
12:00-01:00 pm, Lunch
| 01:00-03:05 |
Novel Methods
Chair: W. Wagner |
| 01:00-01:25 |
L. Pareschi,
S. Trazzi,
B. Wennberg |
Adaptive and Recursive Time Relaxed Monte Carlo Methods for Rarefied Gas Dynamics |
Università di Ferrara, Chalmers Institute of Technology |
| 01:25-01:50 |
Y.-I. Choi,
I. Voronich |
Newly Modified Algorithm of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method for Inviscid Flows Calculation |
Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 01:50-02:15 |
D. Auld,
D. W. Lan |
Simulation of Lid-Driven Cavity Flows by Parallel DSMC Method |
University of Sydney |
| 02:15-02:40 |
J. M. Burt,
I. D. Boyd |
Nozzle Flow Simulation Using a Monte Carlo Solution to the ES-BGK Equation |
University of Michigan |
| 02:40-03:05 |
L. L. Baker,
N. G. Hadjiconstantinou |
A Variance Reduction Approach for Low-Speed Flows |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
03:05-03:50 pm, Break
| 03:50-05:30 |
Chemistry
Chair: J. E. Johannes |
| 03:50-04:15 |
R. Dorsman,
C. R. Kleijn |
A Critical Evaluation of Surface Reaction Models Based on Reactive Sticking Coefficients |
Delft University of Technology |
| 04:15-04:40 |
R. F. Ausas,
C. R. Kleijn |
A Systematic Comparison of DSMC and Continuum Results for ALCVD Systems |
Delft University of Technology |
| 04:40-05:05 |
P. O’Connor,
J. Anderson,
L. Long |
Direct Simulation of Detonations: Applications to the H2-Cl2 System |
Pennsylvania State University |
| 05:05-05:30 |
J. Zhong,
S. Gratiy,
D. A. Levin |
Simulation of Argon Condensation Plume with the DSMC Approach |
Pennsylvania State University |
07:00-07:30 pm, Reception, The Old House Restaurant, Eldorado Hotel
07:30-09:30 pm, Banquet, The Old House Restaurant, Eldorado Hotel

Wednesday Morning, September 28, 2005
07:00-08:30 am, Continental Breakfast
08:30-09:10 |
Invited Lecture,
Chair: G. A. Bird |
08:30-09:10 |
D. Goldstein,
P. Varghese,
L. Trafton,
J. Zhang,
B. Larignon,
C. Moore,
K. Miki, P. Mader |
Application of DSMC for Modeling Flow on Jupiter’s Moon Io |
University of Texas at Austin |
| 09:10-10:00 |
Planetary Applications
Chair: G. A. Bird |
| 09:10-09:35 |
D. S. Liechty |
Aeroheating Analysis for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
NASA Langley Research Center |
| 09:35-10:00 |
J. N. Moss |
Application and Assessment of DSMC for Hypersonic External Flows |
NASA Langley Research Center |
10:00 - 10:40 am, Break
10:40-11:30 |
Hypersonic Flows
Chair: A. Ketsdever |
10:40-11:05 |
G. R. Inger, J. N. Moss |
Comparison of Navier-Stokes and DSMC Predictions at Separation and Reattachment |
Iowa State University, NASA Langley Research Center |
11:10-11:30 |
R. Wilmoth, J. Papp, K. Yellin |
Progress and Challenges for High-Altitude Plume Modeling |
Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc. |
11:30 - 12:30 pm, Lunch
12:30-1:45 |
Experimental Methods
Chair: J. N. Moss |
12:30-12:55 |
D. Bruno, S. Longo |
DSMC Simulation of Light Scattering Experiments |
National Research Council of Italy, University of Bari |
12:55-1:20 |
R. Dorsman, J. F. M. Velthuis, A. M. B. v. Mol, C. R. Kleijn |
Zinc Deposition Experiments for Validation of DSMC Calculations of Internal Flows |
Delft University of Technology |
1:20-1:45 |
W. M. Trott, D. J. Rader, J. R. Torczynski, M. A. Gallis, J. N. Castañeda, T. W. Grasser |
Measurements of Thermal Accommodation Coefficients |
Sandia National Laboratories |
01:45 - 02:15 pm, Break

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