Concepedia

Flow of a Rarefied Gas past an Axisymmetric Body. I. General Remarks

The Physics of Fluids · 1968 · 47 citations · 9 references

Concepts

Natural SciencesPhysicsFluid DynamicsFluid MechanicsBoltzmann Transport EquationContinuity EquationMomentum TransportVariational FormulationVariational PrinciplesViscous FlowFlow Around BodiesGas DynamicsGas FlowKinetic TheoryKinetic Theory Of GasesRarefied Gas DynamicsStationary SolutionsVariational Formulation Of Mechanics

Abstract

A general variational principle used to solve various problems in kinetic theory, is now applied to the problem of the flow past an axisymmetric body. It is shown that the drag exerted by the flow on the body is closely related to the stationary value of a given functional.

References

9

The General Law of Fall of a Small Spherical Body through a Gas, and its Bearing upon the Nature of Molecular Reflection from Surfaces

R. A. Millikan · Physical Review · 1923 · 428 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +11

Flow of a Rarefied Gas between Two Parallel Plates

Carlo Cercignani, A. Daneri · Journal of Applied Physics · 1963 · 270 citations

Engineering, Mathematics, Physics +11

Variational Approach to Boundary-Value Problems in Kinetic Theory

Carlo Cercignani, Carlo Pagani · The Physics of Fluids · 1966 · 142 citations

Natural Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Kinetics +15

Cylindrical Poiseuille Flow of a Rarefied Gas

Carlo Cercignani, Franco Sernagiotto · The Physics of Fluids · 1966 · 105 citations

Engineering, Mathematics, Fluid Dynamics +9

Cylindrical Couette Flow of a Rarefied Gas

Carlo Cercignani, Franco Sernagiotto · The Physics of Fluids · 1967 · 66 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics +15