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A spatially-periodic longitudinal wave is considered in relativistic dissipative hydrodynamics. At sufficiently small wave amplitudes, an analytic solution is obtained in the linearised limit of the macroscopic conservation equations within…
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Energy carrier transport and recombination in emerging semiconductors can be directly monitored with optical microscopy, leading to the measurement of the diffusion coefficient (D), a critical property for design of efficient optoelectronic…
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The kinetic granular temperatures of a binary granular mixture in simple shear flow are determined from the Boltzmann kinetic theory by using a Sonine polynomial expansion. The results show that the temperature ratio is clearly different…
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The state of a single-species monatomic gas from near-equilibrium to highly nonequilibrium conditions is investigated using analytical and numerical methods. Normal solutions of the Boltzmann equation for Fourier flow (uniform heat flux)…
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