Lattice Boltzmann simulation at finite Knudsen

A modified lattice Boltzmann model with a stochastic relaxation mechanism mimicking "virtual" collisions between free-streaming particles and solid walls is introduced. This modified scheme permits to compute plane channel flows in satisfactory agreement with analytical results over a broad spectrum of Knudsen numbers, ranging from the hydrodynamic regime, all the way to quasi-free flow regimes up to Kn \sim 30.