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A model kinetic equation for a gas with rotational degrees of freedom is obtained. By averaging of the distribution function over quantities corresponding to the rotational degrees of freedom this equation is reduced to a closed system of two kinetic equations, each of which is analogous to the kinetic equation of a monatomic gas.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 107–115, November–December, 1975.
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Rykov, V.A. A model kinetic equation for a gas with rotational degrees of freedom. Fluid Dyn 10, 959–966 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023275
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023275