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Smoluchowski's problem for molecular gases taking the accommodation coefficients of the translational and rotational energy of the molecules into account

✍ Scribed by A.V. Latyshev; A.A. Yushkanov

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 556 KB
Volume: 66
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-8928
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-8928(02)90009-2

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✦ Synopsis

The effect of the accommodation coefficients of the energy of translational and rotational motion of molecules on the temperature jump in the classical Smoluchowski problem is investigated. Using the extension of the well-known kinetic BKW (Boltzmann-Krook-Welander) equation to the case of molecular gases, an analytical solution of this problem is obtained for diatomic and polyatomic gases taking the rotational degrees of freedom into account. A numerical analysis of the results obtained is carried out.