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Hydrodynamic Description Of The Adiabatic Piston, Alejandro Garcia, Malek M. Mansour Jan 2006

Hydrodynamic Description Of The Adiabatic Piston, Alejandro Garcia, Malek M. Mansour

Alejandro Garcia

A closed macroscopic equation for the motion of the two-dimensional adiabatic piston is derived from standard hydrodynamics. It predicts a damped oscillatory motion of the piston towards a final rest position, which depends on the initial state. In the limit of large piston mass, the solution of this equation is in quantitative agreement with the results obtained from both hard disk molecular dynamics and hydrodynamics. The explicit forms of the basic characteristics of the piston’s dynamics, such as the period of oscillations and the relaxation time, are derived. The limitations of the theory’s validity, in terms of the main system …


Hydrodynamic Fluctuations In A Fluid Under Constant Shear, Alejandro Garcia, M. Malek Mansour, G. Lie, E. Clementi, M. Mareschal Jan 1987

Hydrodynamic Fluctuations In A Fluid Under Constant Shear, Alejandro Garcia, M. Malek Mansour, G. Lie, E. Clementi, M. Mareschal

Alejandro Garcia

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