Chapman, Sydney; Cowling, T. G. The mathematical theory of non-uniform gases. (English) Zbl 0063.00782 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. xxiii, 404 p. (1939). Vgl. das Referat in JFM 65.1541.01. Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 441 Documents MSC: 76P05 Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics 76-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics 82-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistical mechanics Keywords:Boltzmann equation; Maxwell equation; Enskog’s generalization of Maxwell’s equation of transfer; Boltzmann’s H-theorem; Maxwellian velocity distribution; free path; persistence of velocities; transport phenomena; non-uniform state for simple gas; for mixture of gases; molecular models; viscosity; thermal conduction; diffusion; third approximation to velocity-distribution function; dense gases; mixed dense gases; quantum theory of molecular collisions and transport phenomena; wave-equation; electromagnetic phenomena in ionized gases; Enskog’s method of integration; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of velocities Citations:JFM 65.1541.01 PDFBibTeX XML