Comments on mesoscopic continuum physics: evolution equation for the distribution function and open questions
Comments on mesoscopic continuum physics: evolution equation for the distribution function and open questions
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介观连续介质物理评论:分布函数的演化方程和开放问题
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2012
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J. Engelbrecht
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H. Herrmann;J. Engelbrecht
In mesoscopic continuum physics it is common to introduce a mesoscopic distribution function. Often also an evolution equation is derived for this distribution function. The mesoscopic balance equations for mass and the evolution equation for the distribution function, however, are not independent. We discuss different usage cases of mesoscopic balances in connection with the evolution equation. Furthermore, the problem of virtual boundaries is discovered, referring to cases where the domain in the mesoscopic description becomes non-contiguous despite the macroscopic domain being contiguous.