Diffusion limits for flows in thin layers

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1280-1294

  Babovsky, Hans ^a  

^a WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion limit; Rarefied gas lubrication; Thin layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFUSION; INERT GASES; KINETIC THEORY; LUBRICATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFLECTION; SCATTERING; THIN FILMS;

DIFFUSION LIMITS; KNUDSEN GAS LIMIT; RAREFIED GAS LUBRICATION; REFLECTION LAW; SCATTERING KERNEL;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030269118     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139994270826     Document Type: Article

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