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Author Colangeli, Matteo.

Title From kinetic models to hydrodynamics : some novel results / Matteo Colangeli
Published New York, NY : Springer, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 96 pages) : illustrations
Series SpringerBriefs in mathematics, 2191-8198
SpringerBriefs in mathematics.
Contents Introduction -- From the Phase Space to the Boltzmann Equation -- Methods of Reduced Description -- Hydrodynamic Spectrum of Simple Fluids -- Hydrodynamic Fluctuations from the Boltzmann Equation -- Grad's 13-Moments System -- Conclusions
Summary From Kinetic Models to Hydrodynamics serves as an introduction to the asymptotic methods necessary to obtain hydrodynamic equations from a fundamental description using kinetic theory models and the Boltzmann equation. The work is a survey of an active research area, which aims to bridge time and length scales from the particle-like description inherent in Boltzmann equation theory to a fully established "continuum" approach typical of macroscopic laws of physics. The author sheds light on a new method -- using invariant manifolds -- which addresses a functional equation for the nonequilibrium single-particle distribution function. This method allows one to find exact and thermodynamically consistent expressions for: hydrodynamic modes; transport coefficient expressions for hydrodynamic modes; and transport coefficients of a fluid beyond the traditional hydrodynamic limit. The invariant manifold method paves the way to establish a needed bridge between Boltzmann equation theory and a particle-based theory of hydrodynamics. Finally, the author explores the ambitious and longstanding task of obtaining hydrodynamic constitutive equations from their kinetic counterparts. The work is intended for specialists in kinetic theory -- or more generally statistical mechanics -- and will provide a bridge between a physical and mathematical approach to solve real-world problems
Analysis Mathematics
Mathematical physics
Mathematical Methods in Physics
Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics
Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models
Dynamics.
SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Hydrodynamics.
Hidrodinámica -- Modelos matemáticos
Dinámica
Dynamics
Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781461463061
1461463068
146146305X
9781461463054