The Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook BGK model approximates the collision term of the Boltzmann equation by a single relaxation process from a nonequilibrium state to an equilibrium state. From the BGK model, the Navier–Stokes, Burnett, and Super-Burnett equations can be derived. However, the success of these derived macroscopic equations in the description of highly nonequilibrium flow is limited. In ord...

The hydrodynamic Burnett equations and the associated transport coefficients are exactly evaluated for generalized inelastic Maxwell models. In those models, the one-particle distribution function obeys the inelastic Boltzmann equation, with a velocity-independent collision rate proportional to the γ power of the temperature. The pressure tensor and the heat flux are obtained to second order in...

We summarize our recent contributions to the development of macroscopic transport equations for rarefied gas flows. A combination of the ChapmanEnskog expansion and Grad’s moment method, termed as the order of magnitude method, yields the regularized 13 moment equations (R13 equations) which are of super-Burnett order. A complete set of boundary conditions is derived from the boundary condition...

Hermite cubic splines and collocation are used to solve, in an e7cient and accurate way, the Chapman– Enskog equations for viscosity and heat transfer and to compute the Burnett functions required for Poiseuille:ow problems based on rigid-sphere collisions and the linearized Boltzmann equation. ? 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

The hydrodynamic equations for a gas of hard spheres with dissipative dynamics are derived from the Boltzmann equation. The heat and momentum fluxes are calculated to Navier-Stokes order and the transport coefficients are determined as explicit functions of the coefficient of restitution. The dispersion relations for the corresponding linearized equations are obtained and the stability of this ...