Structure and approximations of the chapman-enskog expansion for the linearized grad equations

1 February 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Vol. 21 (1) , 101-117
https://doi.org/10.1080/00411459208203524

Abstract

A detailed structure of the Chapman-Enskog expansion for the linearized Grad moment equations is determined. A method of partial summing of the Chapman-Enskog series is introduced, and is used to remove short-wave instability of the Burnett approximations.

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