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Velocity-moment hierarchy

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Taking velocity moments of a kinetic transport equation couples the equation for a moment of order r to a spatial derivative of a moment of order r+1. A finite fluid description therefore requires closure. For example, the pressure tensor equation involves the third central velocity moment.

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