ENERGY AND MOMENTUM EXCHANGE BETWEEN NON-EQUIPARTITION GASES,

Abstract

The energy and momentum relaxation of the components of a non-equipartition gas mixture is considered. For the case where each component of the mixture has a Maxwellian distribuation at a particular temperature, with the peculiar velocity in the Maxwellian measured relative to the species diffusion velocity, and a 'diffusion' Mach number not too large, the results have a particularly simple form. The calculations were carried out for the hard sphere, Coulomb, and Maxwell force laws of interaction. It is also noted how these results may be used to construct approximate kinetic model equations for the case of hard sphere and Coulomb interaction, in a manner similar to that proposed by Sirovich. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0602886

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  • T. F. Morse

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Properties
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Mach Number
  • Momentum
  • Motion
  • Physical Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Fluid Dynamics.