Entropy profiles in discrete velocity models of the Boltzmann equation
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
- Vol. 18 (2) , 221-234
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00411458908204322
Abstract
Entropy profiles in the shock wave solutions of discrete velocity models of the Boltzmann equation are studied. Overshoot of the local entropy in the interior of the shock wave and dependence of the solutions on the Maxwellian limit conditions are discussed.Keywords
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