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The complexity of the results obtained in Chapter VI even for relatively simple problems and collision models suggests that for more complicated problems and accurate collision models, we should look for less sophisticated procedures, yielding approximate but essentially accurate results. For either large or small Knudsen numbers such methods have been examined in Chapter V; in this chapter the transition regime, intermediate between the nearly continuum and nearly free molecular regimes, will be examined.
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Cercignani, C. (1988). The Transition Regime. In: The Boltzmann Equation and Its Applications. Applied Mathematical Sciences, vol 67. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1039-9_7
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