ON THE STRUCTURE OF SHOCK WAVES IN MONATOMIC GASES
Abstract
A study was made of the structure of plane, steady shock waves in a neutral monatomic gas using the Boltzmann equation of the kinetic theory of gases and considering the molecules to be rigid elastic spheres. Two collision models are considered: In one model the postulate of a Maxwellian distribution of the lateral components of the molecular velocity is used and the kinetic model of Krook applied to the resulting collision integral thus reducing the Boltzmann equation to a linear form in the longitudinal velocity distribution function for which the corresponding transport equations are also derived; the second model uses the Boltzmann equation and the associated equations of transfer. As in the original Krook kinetic model, conservation of particle number, momentum and energy are also ensured at each collision for the present modified kinetic model. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0278220
Entities
People
- S.m. Ramachanda
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign