Resolving Knudsen Layer by High Order Moment Expansion

Abstract

We model the Knudsen layer in Kramers' problem by linearized high order hyperbolic moment system. Due to the hyperbolicity, the boundary conditions of the moment system is properly reduced from the kinetic boundary condition. For Kramers' problem, we give the analytical solutions of moment systems. With the order increasing of the moment model, the solutions are approaching to the solution of the linearized BGK kinetic equation. The velocity profile in the Knudsen layer is captured with improved accuracy for a wide range of accommodation coefficients.