Kinetic Theory and Fluid Dynamics

This book provides a thoroughly assessible and lucid overview of the different aspects, models and methodology of the kinetic theory modeling process. The study of fluid dynamics is a central theme in modern applied mathematics. It is used to model a vast range of physical phenomena and plays a central role in science and engineering. This book provides a comprehensive description of the relationship between kinetic theory and fluid dynamics. Equations used in fluid dynamics and their associated boundary conditions that consider the weak effect of gas rarefaction are derived from the Boltzmann system by systematic asymptotic analysis. Problems are presented so that they can easily be applied to other practical problems. The systems are applied to various interesting physical problems such as flows induced by temperature fields as well as evaporation and condensation problems.