Journal article
Nature of the first iterate for nearly‐free molecular flow
The Physics of fluids (1958), v 16(1)
Jan 1973
Abstract
A critical evaluation is made of the first iterate of integral iteration of the Boltzmann equation for nearly‐free molecular flow over isolated bodies. It is demonstrated that, for two‐dimensional bodies with diffuse reflection, the first iterate is incapable of describing the correct physics governing nearly‐free molecular flow. Spurious sources and sinks of mass are shown to exist which result in errors of the same order as is being computed.
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- Title
- Nature of the first iterate for nearly‐free molecular flow
- Creators
- B. B. Hamel - Drexel UniversityA. L. Cooper - General Electric Space Sciences Laboratory, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481
- Publication Details
- The Physics of fluids (1958), v 16(1)
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Number of pages
- 2
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1973O668200006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0015553313
- Other Identifier
- 991019173645304721