Shock waves from the inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation
Shock waves from the inhomogeneous Boltzmann equation
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来自非齐次玻尔兹曼方程的冲击波
DOI:
10.1103/physreve.100.062120
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发表时间:
2019
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Tran, Minh-Binh
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作者:
Pomeau, Yves;Tran, Minh-Binh
We revisit the problem on the inner structure of shock waves in simple gases modelized by the Boltzmann kinetic equation. In a paper by Pomeau [Y. Pomeau, Transp. Theory Stat. Phys. 16, 727 (1987)10.1080/00411458708204311], a self-similarity approach was proposed for infinite total cross section resulting from a power-law interaction, but this self-similar form does not have finite energy. Motivated by the work of Pomeau [Y. Pomeau, Transp. Theory Stat. Phys. 16, 727 (1987)10.1080/00411458708204311] and Bobylev and Cercignani [A. V. Bobylev and C. Cercignani, J. Stat. Phys. 106, 1039 (2002)10.1023/A:1014037804043], we started the research on the rigorous study of the solutions of the spatial homogeneous Boltzmann equation, focusing on those which do not have finite energy. However, infinite energy solutions do not have physical meaning in the present framework of kinetic theory of gases with collisions conserving the total kinetic energy. In the present work, we provide a correction to the self-similar form, so that the solutions are more physically sound in the sense that the energy is no longer infinite and that the perturbation brought by the shock does not grow at large distances of it on the cold side in the soft potential case.