Slip and Macroparameter Jumps of a Polyatomic Gas with Rotational Degrees of Freedom on a Weakly Curved Spherical Surface

The problem of the slip of a temperature-inhomogeneous polyatomic gas along a spherical surface of small curvature is solved. The solution is obtained using the half-space moment method on the basis of a previously proposed model kinetic equation which takes into account the rotational degrees of freedom of the polyatomic gas. Both the first- and second-order (in the Knudsen number) slip coefficients and the polyatomic gas macroparameter jump coefficients on the phase interface are obtained. These coefficients are given as functions of the tangential momentum accommodation coefficients, the translational and rotational energy accommodation coefficients, and the Prandtl number. The kinetic coefficients are calculated for certain polyatomic gases.