This equation can be derived by truncating the BBGKY hierarchy at the second equation.
This equation can be derived by truncating the BBGKY hierarchy at the second equation. Using an expansion based on the Knudsen number, the Navier- Stokes equation can be derived from this equation in the Chapman-Enskog procedure. A related equation known as the Vlasov equation is appropriate for collisionless plasmas, while this equation gives the time evolution of a distribution function in the presence of short-range forces and particle collisions. FTP, name this transport equation whose namesake shares credit for the equation for the distribution of gas velocities with Maxwell, and for the T to the fourth radiation law with Stefan.
This equation can be derived by truncating the BBGKY hierarchy at the second equation.
{Boltzmann} transport equation