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A fully discrete Galerkin scheme for a thermodynamically consistent transient Max-well-Stefan system for the mass particle densities, coupled to the Poisson equation for the electric potential, is investigated. The system models the…
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The Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) has proven indispensable in elucidating quasiballistic heat dynamics. Experimental observations of nondiffusive thermal transients, however, are interpreted almost exclusively through purely diffusive…