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Poiseuille flow at arbitrary Knudsen numbers and tangential momentum accommodation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

P. E. Suetin
Affiliation:
Urals Politechnical Institute, Sverdlovsk K-2, U.S.S.R.
B. T. Porodnov
Affiliation:
Urals Politechnical Institute, Sverdlovsk K-2, U.S.S.R.
V. G. Chernjak
Affiliation:
Urals Politechnical Institute, Sverdlovsk K-2, U.S.S.R.
S. F. Borisov
Affiliation:
Urals Politechnical Institute, Sverdlovsk K-2, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

A Poiseuille-flow problem in a cylindrical capillary in the whole range of Knudsen numbers with incomplete tangential momentum accommodation of molecules incident on the wall has been worked out. The linear non-homogeneous integral equation for the macroscopic gas velocity flow has been solved by the Bubnov-Galerkin method. For a limited range of Knudsen numbers, generally known results have been obtained.

An experimental investigation of the rare gases helium, neon and argon in the range of Knudsen numbers 103−10−3 has been made on packets consisting of 10 and 100 glass capillaries with molten walls. Comparison of theoretical and experimental data enables us to define both slip constants and tangential momentum accommodation coefficients. In the free-molecule flow regime the accommodation coefficients are 0·935, 0·929 and 0·975 for helium, neon and argon, respectively. In the viscous slip-flow regime these coefficients are equal to 0·895, 0·865 and 0·919, respectively. This difference in the tangential momentum accommodation coefficients is, most probably, due to the variable density of adsorbed molecules coating the capillary wall. Gas viscosity coefficients which coincide with those of Kestin within 0.5% have also been calculated. Argon was used as the calibrating gas.

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Research Article
Copyright
© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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