Velocity slip and temperature jump coefficients for gaseous mixtures. I. Viscous slip coefficient

The viscous slip coefficient was calculated for binary gaseous mixtures on the basis of the McCormack kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation, which was solved by the discrete velocity method. The calculations were carried out for the three mixtures of noble gases: neon-argon, helium-argon, and helium-xenon. It was showed that for the mixture of helium and xenon, which has a large ration of the molecular masses, the slip coefficient significantly differs from that for a single gas. A comparison of the present results with those obtained by the moment method applied to the Boltzmann equation showed that the McCormack model equation provides reliable results with modest computational efforts. An example of application of the viscous slip coefficient was given. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.