GENERALIZED GAS DYNAMIC EQUATIONS WITH MULTIPLE TRANSLATIONAL TEMPERATURES

Abstract

Based on a multiple stage BGK-type collision model and the Chapman–Enskog expansion, the corresponding macroscopic gas dynamics equations in three-dimensional space will be derived. The new gas dynamic equations have the same structure as the Navier–Stokes equations, but the stress strain relationship in the Navier–Stokes equations is replaced by an algebraic equation with temperature differences. In the continuum flow regime, the new gas dynamic equations automatically recover the standard Navier–Stokes equations. The current gas dynamic equations are natural extension of the Navier–Stokes equations to the near continuum flow regime and can be used for near continuum flow study.