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Basic Model

  Consider the following model:

  equation2163

where the collisions are performed by a single relaxation time BGK operator

  equation2170

The equilibrium distribution function is

equation2182

where

  equation2188

tex2html_wrap_inline14157 is a constant, tex2html_wrap_inline14159 and tex2html_wrap_inline14161 . This reduces to the isotropic, Galilean invariant, two-dimensional equilibrium distribution derived in section 4.2.1 when D=2, b=6 and tex2html_wrap_inline14165 . Using this equilibrium distribution and equations (4.37)-(4.41) we see that

  equation2214

  equation2218

  equation2224

and

  equation2235



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