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t is difcult to solve Boltzmann equation because the collision term is very

complicated. The outcome of two body collisions is not likely to inuence signicantly,
the values of many measured quantities (Cercignani, 1990). Hence, it is
possible to approximate the collision operator with simple operator without
introducing signicant error to the outcome of the solution. Bhatnagar, Gross and
Krook (BGK) in 1954 introduced a simplied model for collision operator. At the
same time Welander (1954), independently, introduced similar operator. The
collision operator is replaced as,

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