Motion of a sphere in a gas: Numerical solution of the linearized Boltzmann equation

DOI10.1063/1.858256zbMath0756.76068OpenAlexW2059840034MaRDI QIDQ3992343

S. K. Loyalka

Publication date: 13 August 1992

Published in: Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.858256

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finite elementscollocationhard sphere gas

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• The Kramers problem: Velocity slip and defect for a hard sphere gas with arbitrary accommodation
• Poiseuille flow of a rarefied gas in a cylindrical tube: Solution of linearized Boltzmann equation
• Thermophoresis of a spherical particle in a rarefied gas of a transition regime
• Temperature jump and thermal creep slip: Rigid sphere gas
• Isothermal condensation on a spherical particle
• Isothermal condensation on a plane surface
• Motion of aerosol particles in a temperature gradient
• Motion of a sphere in a rarefied gas
• Kinetic theory of planar condensation and evaporation
• Flow of a Rarefied Gas past an Axisymmetric Body. II. Case of a Sphere

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