Velocity profile in the Knudsen layer according to the Boltzmann equation

DOI10.1098/rspa.2008.0071zbMath1145.76353MaRDI QIDQ3531340

Charles R. Lilley, John E. Sader

Publication date: 23 October 2008

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2008.0071

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equation; rarefied gas dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

82B40: Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics

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