Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Fisica matematica (MAT/07)
Field: Formazione modellistico-applicativa
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

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Learning objectives

Mathematical models of gas dynamics. 
Foundation of fluid-dynamic equations.

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Course unit content

Kinetic theory, distribution function, Boltzmann equation. Collision operator and conservation equations. Collision invariants and Maxwellian distributions. Entropy functional and second law of thermodynamics. Fluid-dynamic limit, Euler and Navier-Stokes equations.

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Bibliography

C. Cercignani, The Boltzmann equation and its applications, Springer, New York. 
M. N. Kogan, Rarefied gas dynamics, Plenum Press, New York.

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KINETIC THEORY OF GAS cod. 18875

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KINETIC THEORY OF GAS
cod. 18875