Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
only obtain an approximate distribution function. By using f
(
r
,
v
,
t
)
, the rate of
energy flow per unit area (the energy flux) can be expressed as
(
,
)=
(
,
)
(
,
,
) ε (
)
.
q
r
t
v
r
t
f
r
v
t
v
d v
(1.53)
all v
Here q
(
r
,
t
)
is the energy flux vector, v
(
r
,
t
)
is the velocity vector, and
ε (
v
)
is the
kinetic energy of the particle as a function of particle velocity. Note that f
)
is the fraction of system particles in the ensemble per unit volume per unit velocity.
Therefore f
(
r
,
v
,
t
d r d v is the fraction of system particles in the ensemble that have
phase points in d r d v around r and v .
In terms of an integral over momentum, Eq. (1.53) reads (Tien et al. 1998)
(
r
,
v
,
t
)
q
(
r
,
t
)=
v
(
r
,
t
)
f
(
r
,
p
,
t
) ε (
p
)
d p
,
(1.54)
all p
where the vector p is the momentum, and the distribution f
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
is the fraction of
system particles per unit volume per unit momentum. f
d r d p is the fraction
of system particles in the ensemble that have phase points in d r d p around r and p .
Because p
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
=
m v ,wehave
f
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
d r d p
=
mf
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
d r d v
.
(1.55)
This implies that the fraction of system particles per unit volume and per unit veloc-
ity can also be expressed as mf
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
. Therefore we have
f
(
r
,
v
,
t
)=
mf
(
r
,
p
,
t
) .
(1.56)
This equation enables us to rewrite Eq. (1.53) into Eq. (1.54).
By introducing the spherical coordinates for the integral in Eq. (1.54),
=
ϕ ,
=
ϕ ,
=
θ ,
p x
p sin
θ
cos
p y
p sin
θ
sin
p z
p cos
p x +
where p
=
p y +
p z ,wehave
π
p 2 sin
q
(
r
,
t
)=
v
(
r
,
t
)
f
(
r
,
p
,
t
) ε (
p
)
θ
d p d
θ
d
ϕ .
(1.57)
0
0
0
Applying the relation between p and the kinetic energy
ε
yields
π
m 2 m
q
(
r
,
t
)=
v
(
r
,
t
)
f
(
r
,
p
,
t
) ε
ε
sin
θ
d
ε
d
θ
d
ϕ .
(1.58)
0
0
0
For the case of no external forces acting on the heat transfer medium, the particle
randomly accesses every direction with the same probability so that the distribution
function f
(
r
,
p
,
t
)
only depends on r
, ε
and t . The density of states D
( ε )
can then be
defined as
π
m 2 m
m 2 m
D
( ε )=
ε
sin
θ
d
θ
d
ϕ =
4
π
ε .
(1.59)
0
0
 
Search WWH ::




Custom Search