On the motion of a body in thermal equilibrium immersed in a perfect gas

Kazuo Aoki; Guido Cavallaro; Carlo Marchioro; Mario Pulvirenti

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis (2008)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 2, page 263-275
  • ISSN: 0764-583X

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We consider a body immersed in a perfect gas and moving under the action of a constant force. Body and gas are in thermal equilibrium. We assume a stochastic interaction body/medium: when a particle of the medium hits the body, it is absorbed and immediately re-emitted with a Maxwellian distribution. This system gives rise to a microscopic model of friction. We study the approach of the body velocity V(t) to the limiting velocity and prove that, under suitable smallness assumptions, the approach to equilibrium is where d is the dimension of the space, and C is a positive constant. This approach is not exponential, as typical in friction problems, and even slower than for the same problem with elastic collisions.

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Aoki, Kazuo, et al. "On the motion of a body in thermal equilibrium immersed in a perfect gas." ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 42.2 (2008): 263-275. <http://eudml.org/doc/250378>.

@article{Aoki2008,
abstract = { We consider a body immersed in a perfect gas and moving under the action of a constant force. Body and gas are in thermal equilibrium. We assume a stochastic interaction body/medium: when a particle of the medium hits the body, it is absorbed and immediately re-emitted with a Maxwellian distribution. This system gives rise to a microscopic model of friction. We study the approach of the body velocity V(t) to the limiting velocity $V_\infty$ and prove that, under suitable smallness assumptions, the approach to equilibrium is $$ |V(t)-V\_\infty|\approx \frac\{C\}\{t^\{d+1\}\}, $$ where d is the dimension of the space, and C is a positive constant. This approach is not exponential, as typical in friction problems, and even slower than for the same problem with elastic collisions. },
author = {Aoki, Kazuo, Cavallaro, Guido, Marchioro, Carlo, Pulvirenti, Mario},
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keywords = {Kinetic theory of gases; Boltzmann equation; free molecular gas; friction problem; approach to equilibrium.; approach to equilibrium},
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AU - Pulvirenti, Mario
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AB - We consider a body immersed in a perfect gas and moving under the action of a constant force. Body and gas are in thermal equilibrium. We assume a stochastic interaction body/medium: when a particle of the medium hits the body, it is absorbed and immediately re-emitted with a Maxwellian distribution. This system gives rise to a microscopic model of friction. We study the approach of the body velocity V(t) to the limiting velocity $V_\infty$ and prove that, under suitable smallness assumptions, the approach to equilibrium is $$ |V(t)-V_\infty|\approx \frac{C}{t^{d+1}}, $$ where d is the dimension of the space, and C is a positive constant. This approach is not exponential, as typical in friction problems, and even slower than for the same problem with elastic collisions.
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