Dynamical aspects of an adiabatic piston - art. no. 036119

Authors
Munakata, T Ogawa, H
Citation
T. Munakata et H. Ogawa, Dynamical aspects of an adiabatic piston - art. no. 036119, PHYS REV E, 6403(3), 2001, pp. 6119
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
6403
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Part
2
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(200109)6403:3<6119:DAOAAP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Dynamical aspects of an adiabatic piston are investigated, based on the mas s ratio expansion of the master equation for the piston velocity distributi on function. Simple theory for piston motion and relaxation of an ideal gas in a cylinder turns out to reproduce our numerical experiments quantitativ ely.