Book Details

Slow Rarefied Flows

Publication year: 2006

: 978-3-7643-7537-9

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The book presents the mathematical tools used to deal with problems related to slow rarefied flows, with particular attention to basic concepts and problems which arise in the study of micro- and nanomachines. The mathematical theory of slow flows is presented in a practically complete fashion and provides a rigorous justification for the use of the linearized Boltzmann equation, which avoids costly simulations based on Monte Carlo methods.


: Mathematics and Statistics, Boltzmann equation, Boundary value problem, Cauchy problem, Flow, Lubrification, MEMS, Monte Carlo method, PDE, Perturbation