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The hydrodynamical description for a discrete velocity model of gas. (English) Zbl 0652.76053

For a model of gas composed of identical particles with velocities restricted to a given finite set of vectors, the Boltzmann equation is replaced by a system of nonlinear coupled differential equations. The Chapman-Enskog method can be applied, and it gives the Navier-Stokes equations associated to the model. For the general model, we show that the dissipative terms in the Navier-Stokes equations do not depend on the mean number density nor on its gradient. For a gas near a homogeneous state, we give the transport coefficients explicitly.

MSC:

76P05 Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics
76N15 Gas dynamics (general theory)
82B40 Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics
82D15 Statistical mechanics of liquids