From the Boltzmann equation to an incompressible Navier-Stokes-Fourier system

C. David Levermore, Nader Masmoudi

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Abstract

We establish a Navier-Stokes-Fourier limit for solutions of the Boltzmann equation considered over any periodic spatial domain of dimension two or more. We do this for a broad class of collision kernels that relaxes the Grad small deflection cutoff condition for hard potentials and includes for the first time the case of soft potentials. Appropriately scaled families of DiPerna-Lions renormalized solutions are shown to have fluctuations that are compact. Every limit point is governed by a weak solution of a Navier-Stokes-Fourier system for all time.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)753-809
Number of pages57
JournalArchive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis
Volume196
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analysis
  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Mechanical Engineering

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