Analysis of transport phenomena with finite speed of perturbations propagation

Isaac Shnaid

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 343, issue C, 127-146

Abstract: Known governing equations for transport phenomena predict infinite speed of perturbations propagation. From molecular point of view, infinite speed of perturbations propagation does not seem to be a reasonable physical assumption, because for instance in a gas, any perturbation propagates as a result of molecules collisions. At the same time, governing equations for transport phenomena assuming infinite speed of propagation have been obtained long ago using the molecular-kinetic approach. Such an internal contradiction requires an additional molecular-kinetic analysis whose aim is to answer the following questions:

Keywords: Kinetic theory; Transport phenomena; Speed of perturbations propagation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.05.054

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