Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Physics of Fluids

Volume

13

First Page

1040

Last Page

1046

DOI

10.1063/1.1352630

Keywords

sound wave, gases, molecular

Disciplines

Other Astrophysics and Astronomy | Other Physics

Abstract

Molecular simulations of sound waves propagating in a dilute hard sphere gas have been performed using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. A wide range of frequencies is investigated, including very high frequencies for which the period is much shorter than the mean collision time. The simulation results are compared to experimental data and approximate solutions of the Boltzmann equation. It is shown that free molecular flow is important at distances smaller than one mean free path from the excitation point.

Comments

Copyright © 2001 American Institute of Physics. The published version of the article can be found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1352630.

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