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Piecewise continuous partition function method in the theory of wave perturbations of inhomogeneous gas
The problem of wave disturbance propagation in rarefied gas in gravity field
is explored. The system of hydrodynamic-type equations for a stratified gas in
gravity field is derived from BGK equation by method of piecewise continuous
partition function. The obtained system of the equations generalizes the
Navier-Stokes at arbitrary density (Knudsen numbers). The verification of the
model is made for a limiting case of a homogeneous medium. Results are in the
good agreement with experiment and former theories at arbitrary Knudsen
numbers.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure