From Kinetic Models to Hydrodynamics Some Novel Results /

• Main Author: Colangeli, Matteo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical physics.; Mathematical models.; Physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

From Kinetic Models to Hydrodynamics serves as an introduction to the asymptotic methods necessary to obtain hydrodynamic equations from a fundamental description using kinetic theory models and the Boltzmann equation.  The work is a survey of an active research area, which aims to bridge time and l...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. From the Phase Space to the Boltzmann Equation
• 3. Methods of Reduced Description
• 4. Hydrodynamic Spectrum of Simple Fluids
• 5. Hydrodynamic Fluctuations from the Boltzmann Equation
• 6. 13 Moment Grad System
• 7. Conclusions
• References.     .