From hyperbolic regularization to exact hydrodynamics for linearized Grad's equations

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2007 May;75(5 Pt 1):051204. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.051204. Epub 2007 May 25.

Abstract

Inspired by a recent hyperbolic regularization of Burnett's hydrodynamic equations [A. Bobylev, J. Stat. Phys. 124, 371 (2006)], we introduce a method to derive hyperbolic equations of linear hydrodynamics to any desired accuracy in Knudsen number. The approach is based on a dynamic invariance principle which derives exact constitutive relations for the stress tensor and heat flux, and a transformation which renders the exact equations of hydrodynamics hyperbolic and stable. The method is described in detail for a simple kinetic model -- a 13 moment Grad system.