Abstract
If the density of gas is very small, the conventional Navier-Stokes equations are not accurate enough. The present investigation includes the effect of the so-called third approximation to the solution of Boltzmann-Maxwell equation as obtained by D. Burnett. The results of this more accurate calculation show that, even under extreme conditions, the velocity of propagation deviates from its usual value by only 2 percent.
Keywords
Boltzmann equationPhysicsBoltzmann constantPlane (geometry)Sound propagationSound wavePlane waveMechanicsSpeed of soundClassical mechanicsMathematicsAcousticsThermodynamicsOpticsGeometry
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- 1946
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 334-341
- Citations
- 19
- Access
- Closed
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Hsue-shen Tsien,
Richard Schamberg
(1946).
Propagation of Plane Sound Waves in Rarefied Gases.
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
, 18
(2)
, 334-341.
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1916370
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- DOI
- 10.1121/1.1916370