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- Title
Relaxation of a Free-Molecular Gas to Equilibrium Caused by Interaction with Vessel Wall.
- Authors
Tsuji, Tetsuro; Aoki, Kazuo; Golse, François
- Abstract
A free-molecular gas contained in a static vessel with a uniform temperature is considered. The approach of the velocity distribution function of the gas molecules from a given initial distribution to the uniform equilibrium state at rest is investigated numerically under the diffuse reflection boundary condition. This relaxation is caused by the interaction of gas molecules with the vessel wall. It is shown that, for a spherical vessel, the velocity distribution function approaches the final uniform equilibrium distribution in such a way that their difference decreases in proportion to an inverse power of time. This is slower than the known result for a rarefied gas with molecular collisions.
- Subjects
COLLISIONS (Nuclear physics); EQUILIBRIUM; RELAXATION (Gas dynamics); RAREFIED gas dynamics; GAS dynamics
- Publication
Journal of Statistical Physics, 2010, Vol 140, Issue 3, p518
- ISSN
0022-4715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10955-010-9997-5