Rigorous validity of the Boltzmann equation for a thin layer of a rarefied gas

DOI10.3934/krm.2010.3.281zbMath1425.76221OpenAlexW1970339598MaRDI QIDQ989405

Mario Pulvirenti, Raffaele Esposito

Publication date: 20 August 2010

Published in: Kinetic and Related Models (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/krm.2010.3.281

zbMATH Keywords

Boltzmann equationthin filmsrarified gases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin fluid films (76A20) Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics (76P05) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40)

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