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Piecewise continuous partition function method in the theory of wave perturbations of inhomogeneous gas

Fluid Dynamics 2009-11-10 v1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

Abstract

The problem of wave disturbance propagation in rarefied gas in gravity field is explored. The system of hydrodynamic-type equations for a stratified gas in gravity field is derived from BGK equation by method of piecewise continuous partition function. The obtained system of the equations generalizes the Navier-Stokes at arbitrary density (Knudsen numbers). The verification of the model is made for a limiting case of a homogeneous medium. Results are in the good agreement with experiment and former theories at arbitrary Knudsen numbers.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0411248,
  title  = {Piecewise continuous partition function method in the theory of wave perturbations of inhomogeneous gas},
  author = {D. A. Vereshchagin and S. B. Leble and M. A. Solovchuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0411248},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures