Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Kinetic Theory -- Well-Posedness of Initial and Boundary Value Problems for the Boltzmann Equation -- Stationary Flows from a Model Boltzmann Equation -- A Tensor Banach Algebra Approach to Abstract Kinetic Equations -- Singular Solutions of the Nonlinear Boltzmann Equation -- Spatially Inhomogeneous Nonlinear Dynamics of a Gas Mixture -- Diffusion of a Particle in a Very Rarefied Gas -- Heat Transfer and Temperature Distribution in a Rarefied Gas between Two Parallel Plates with Different Temperatures: Numerical Analysis of the Boltzmann Equation for a Hard Sphere Molecule -- Chapter II. Discrete Kinetic Theory -- Low-Discrepancy Method for the Boltzmann Equation -- Investigations of the Motion of Discrete-Velocity Gases -- On Discrete Kinetic Theory with Multiple Collisions:Plane Six-Velocity Model and Unsteady Couette Flow -- Exact Positive (2 + l)-Dimensional Solutions to the Discrete Boltzmann Models -- Initial-Value Problem in Discrete Kinetic Theory -- Study of a Multispeed Cellular Automaton -- Direct Statistical Simulation Method and Master Kinetic Equation -- Fractal Dimension of Particle Trajectories in Ehrenfest's Wind-Tree Model -- Scaling Rules and Time Averaging in Molecular Dynamics Computations of Transport Properties -- Chapter III. Direct Simulations -- Perception of Numercial Methods in Rarefied Gasdynamics -- Comparison of Parallel Algorithms for the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method: Application to Exhaust Plume Flowfields -- Statistical Fluctuations in Monte Carlo Calculations -- Applicability of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method in a Body-fitted Coordinate System -- Validation of MCDS by Comparison of Predicted with Experimental Velocity Distribution Functions in Rarefied Normal Shocks.

Direct Monte Carlo Calculations on Expansion Wave Structure Near a Wall -- Chapter IV. Numerical Techniques -- Numerical Analysis of Rarefied Gas Flows by Finite-Difference Method -- Application of Monte Carlo Methods to Near-Equilibrium Problems -- Direct Numerical Solution of the Boltzmann Equation for Complex Gas Flow Problems -- Advancement of the Method of Direct Numerical Solving of the Boltzmann Equation -- New Numerical Strategy to Evaluate the Collision Integral of the Boltzmann Equation -- Comparison of Burnett, Super-Burnett and Monte Carlo Solutions for Hypersonic Shock Structure -- Density Profiles and Entropy Production inCylindrical Couette Flow: Comparison of Generalized Hydrodynamics and Monte Carlo Results -- Chapter V. Flowfields -- Direct Simulation of AFE Forebody and Wake Flow with Thermal Radiation -- Direct Monte Carlo Simulations of Hypersonic Flows Past Blunt Bodies -- Direct Simulation of Three-Dimensional Flow About the AFE Vehicle at High Altitudes -- Knudsen-Layer Properties for a Conical Afterbody in Rarefied Hypersonic Flow -- Approximate Calculation of Rarefied Aerodynamic Characteristics of Convex Axisymmetric Configurations -- Procedure for Estimating Aerodynamics of Three-Dimensional Bodies in Transitional Flow -- Drag and Lift Measurements on Inclined Cones Using a Magnetic Suspension and Balance -- Three-Dimensional Hypersonic Flow Around a Disk with Angle of Attack -- Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method of Shock Reflection on a Wedge -- Interference Effects on the Hypersonic,Rarefied Flow About a Flat Plate -- Numerical Simulation of Supersonic Rarefied Gas Flows Past a Flat Plate: Effects of the Gas-Surface Interaction Model on the Flowfield -- Rarefield Flow Past a Flat Plate at Incidence -- Monte Carlo Simulation of Flow into Channel with Sharp Leading Edge.

Structure of Incipient Triple Point at the Transition from Regular Reflection to Mach Reflection -- Author Index.