A General Framework for the Kinetic Modelling of Polyatomic Gases

Kinetic model and moment method for polyatomic gases

A model kinetic equation for accurate description of rarefied polyatomic gases is introduced. The collisions of polyatomic gas particles are modeled by a two term collision operator, one modeling only exchange of translational energy and the other modeling exchange of both translational and internal energies. The proposed kinetic model, which is an extension of the Rykov and Shakov models, pred...

A kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation for non-vibrating polyatomic gases

Thermomagnetic Force in Polyatomic Gases

*Work supported by the National Science Foundation. ~Alfred P. Sloan Fellows. J. Lebowitz and P. Resibois, Phys. Rev. 139, A1101 (1965), and references cited therein. H. Mori, Progr. Theoret. Phys. (Kyoto) 33, 423 (1965). 3P. Mazur and I. Oppenheim, J. Phys. Soc. Japan Suppl. 26, 35 (1969) ~ R. J. Rubin, Phys. Rev. 131, 964 (1963). Professor Zwanzig has studied (unpublished notes) Rubin's model...

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

On the ellipsoidal statistical model for polyatomic gases

Abstract The aim of this article is to construct a BGK-type model for polyatomic gases which gives in the hydrodynamic limit the proper transport coefficient. Its construction relies upon a systematic procedure: minimizing Boltzmann entropy under suitable moments constraints ([20, 9]). The obtained model corresponds to the ellipsoidal statistical model introduced in [2]. We also study the retur...