Accession Number:

AD0711097

Title:

KINETIC THEORY ANALYSIS OF TEMPERATURE JUMP IN A POLYATOMIC GAS.

Descriptive Note:

Doctoral thesis,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV BERKELEY DIV OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Lin,Jaw Tian

Report Date:

1970-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

84.0

Abstract:

A kinetic theory analysis of the temperature jump at the wall and the temperature distribution near the wall in polyatomic gases has been made. The collision term in the Boltzmann equation is represented by a classical BGK-type polyatomic model. The problem was linearized by considering small temperature and density variations over their respective mean values, which leads to three simultaneous singular linear integral equations. For the solution of the problem, a direct numerical method was used. The integral equations were reduced to a set of simultaneous linear equations for discrete values of the dependent variables by approximating the integrals with suitable quadrature formulas. The solution of this problem shows that, contrary to some suggestions in the literature, the expression for the temperature jump of a monatomic gas cannot be simply extended to apply also to polyatomic gases. Author

Descriptors:

• (*POLYATOMIC MOLECULES
• *HEAT TRANSFER)
• (*GASES
• HEAT TRANSFER)
• KINETIC THEORY
• STATISTICAL MECHANICS
• THERMODYNAMICS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Physical Chemistry
• Thermodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE