On the non-stationary Maxwellians

✍ Scribed by V. D. Gordevskyy

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 128 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0170-4214
• DOI: 10.1002/mma.455

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The exact Maxwell solutions of the non‐linear Boltzmann equation which have the most general form are studied. They are inhomogeneous and non‐stationary and describe rather complex motions of a rarefied gas. The classification of all possible types of these motions is obtained with a detailed analysis of the geometrical and physical features of the corresponding flows in a gas. In particular, the rotating and flying translational flows have non‐symmetric structure with two different axes: the axis of velocities and the axis of the density. The approximate description of the interaction between such flows by the bimodal distributions of a special form for the model of hard spheres is also obtained. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.