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The Boltzmann Equation for a High Density Fluid

Some attempts have been made to generalise the Boltzmann equation to incorporate fluids with a higher density by writing the collision function as tex2html_wrap_inline13343 where tex2html_wrap_inline13345 is the binary collision operator discussed above and tex2html_wrap_inline13347 describe triple, quadruple, ... collisions. This was not successful since the terms tex2html_wrap_inline13349 were found to diverge [15]. Thus the classical Boltzmann equation described here can only be applied to a low density gas.



James Buick
Tue Mar 17 17:29:36 GMT 1998