Abstract

Making use of equilibrium correlation functions and cluster functions, a soft potential analogue of the Enskog dense gas Boltzmann equation for hard spheres is derived by neglecting dynamical correlations due to multiple collisions. The equation is shown to reduce to the proper rigid sphere limit, and it is solved by the method of Chapman and Enskog. Expressions for the kinetic and collisional transfer contributions to shear viscosity, bulk viscosity, and thermal conductivity are developed in terms of multidimensional integrals.

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