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The background theory of a number of problems in rarefied gas dynamics is explained, and the relevant forms of the Boltzmann equation and its associated boundary conditions are derived for flow and heat transfer between parallel plates.
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Received: August 5, 1999; revised: April 10, 2000
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Williams, M. A review of the rarefied gas dynamics theory associated with some classical problems in flow and heat transfer. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 52, 500–516 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001558
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001558