Analysis and accurate numerical solutions of the integral equation derived from the linearized BGKW equation for the steady Couette flow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2016

Abstract

The integral equation for the flow velocity u(x;k) in the steady Couette flow derived from the linearized Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook-Welander kinetic equation is studied in detail both theoretically and numerically in a wide range of the Knudsen number k between 0.003 and 100.0. First, it is shown that the integral equation is a Fredholm equation of the second kind in which the norm of the compact integral operator is less than 1 on Lp for any 1≤p≤∞ and thus there exists a unique solution to the integral equation via the Neumann series. Second, it is shown that the solution is logarithmically singular at the endpoints. More precisely, if x=0 is an endpoint, then the solution can be expanded as a double power series of the form ∑n=0∞∑m=0∞cn,mxn(xln x)m about x=0 on a small interval x∈(0, a) for some a>0. And third, a high-order adaptive numerical algorithm is designed to compute the solution numerically to high precision. The solutions for the flow velocity u(x;k), the stress Pxy(k), and the half-channel mass flow rate Q(k) are obtained in a wide range of the Knudsen number 0.003≤k≤100.0; and these solutions are accurate for at least twelve significant digits or better, thus they can be used as benchmark solutions.

Identifier

84963815717 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Computational Physics

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2016.04.011

e-ISSN

10902716

ISSN

00219991

First Page

416

Last Page

434

Volume

316

Grant

1418961

Fund Ref

National Science Foundation

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