Numerical study of the free energy monotonicity for the Enskog equation: The thermal relaxation of the dense gas between two parallel plates
This study investigates how free energy changes over time for a dense gas between two plates using the Enskog equation. By comparing the original and a modified version of this equation, researchers found that free energy decreases monotonically only with the modified factor. This provides numerical evidence that supports theoretical conclusions about thermodynamic consistency in non-equilibrium gas relaxation.