Methods of nonlinear kinetics
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v4 Materials Science
History and Overview
Physics Education
Abstract
Nonlinear kinetic equations are reviewed for a wide audience of specialists and postgraduate students in physics, mathematical physics, material science, chemical engineering and interdisciplinary research. Contents: The Boltzmann equation, Phenomenology and Quasi-chemical representation of the Boltzmann equation, Kinetic models, Discrete velocity models, Direct simulation, Lattice Gas and Lattice Boltzmann models, Minimal Boltzmann models for flows at low Knudsen number, Other kinetic equations: The Enskog equation for hard spheres, The Vlasov equation, The Fokker-Planck equation, Equations of chemical kinetics and their reduction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306062,
title = {Methods of nonlinear kinetics},
author = {A. N. Gorban and I. V. Karlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306062},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Significantly extended version with lattice Boltzmann method and chemical kinetics