The relativistic Burnett equations and sound propagation

J.L. Anderson and A.C. Payne

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1976, vol. 85, issue 2, 261-286

Abstract: A relaxation-time model for the relativistic Boltzmann equation of a single-component gas is solved to second, or “Burnett”, order using the relativistic version of the Chapman-Enskog method developed by Marle. Expressions are obtained from this second order solution for the “Burnett” contributions to the heat flux and pressure tensor of the gas. Using the “Burnett” equations, which incorporate these contributions, expressions are then derived for the dispersion and absorption of sound in the gas which agree, in the classical limit, with the results of Wang Chang and Uhlenbeck.

Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(76)90050-9

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