Variational Approach to Boundary-Value Problems in Kinetic Theory
- 1 June 1966
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 9 (6) , 1167-1173
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1761816
Abstract
A general variational principle applying to kinetic models is introduced. Then the principle is applied to three typical problems, i.e., Kramers' problem, plane Couette flow, and plane Poiseuille flow. With extremely simple trial functions, very accurate results are found.Keywords
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