H-Theorem for the enskog kinetic equation

1 January 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Physics and Chemistry of Liquids

Vol. 6 (2) , 71-98
https://doi.org/10.1080/00319107708084131

Abstract

An H functional of the single particle distribution function governed by the Enskog kinetic equation is suggested. We show its monotnic temporal behaviour from situations near the local equilibrium state.

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