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Granular Gases

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Author:   Thorsten Pöschel ,  Stefan Luding
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   564
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.450kg
ISBN:  

9783540414582

ISBN 10:   3540414584
Pages:   457
Publication Date:   27 February 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Kinetic Theory and Hydrodynamics.- Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases.- Free Cooling of Particles with Rotational Degrees of Freedom.- Hydrodynamic Transport Coefficients of Granular Gases.- Granular Gases: Probing the Boundaries of Hydrodynamics.- Granular Gases with Impact-Velocity-Dependent Restitution Coefficient.- Boundary Conditions for Collisional Grain Flows at Bumpy, Frictional Walls.- Diffusion Process in Two-Dimensional Granular Gases.- Collisions and One-Dimensional Models.- Energy Loss and Aggregation Processes in Low Speed Collisions of Ice Particles Coated with Frosts or Methanol/Water Mixtures.- Contact Mechanics and Coefficients of Restitution.- Kinetic Theory for 1D Granular Gases.- Chains of Viscoelastic Spheres.- Vibrated Granular Media.- Experimental Studies of Vibro-fluidised Granular Beds.- Pattern Formation in a Vibrated Granular Layer.- Experimental Study of a Granular Gas Fluidized by Vibrations.- Computer Simulation of Vertically Vibrated Granular Layers in a Box with Sawtooth-Shaped Base.- Resonance Oscillations in Granular Gases.- Granular Astrophysics.- Dynamical Evolution of Viscous Discs. Astrophysical Applications to the Formation of Planetary Systems and to the Confinement of Planetary Rings and Arcs.- Numerical Simulations of the Collisional Dynamics of Planetary Rings.- Formation of Narrow Ringlets in Saturn’s Rings.- Granular Viscosity, Planetary Rings and Inelastic Particle Collisions.- Towards Dense Granular Systems.- The Equation of State for Almost Elastic, Smooth, Polydisperse Granular Gases for Arbitrary Density.- Experimental Observations of Non-equilibrium Distributions and Transitions in a 2D Granular Gas.- Effect of Excluded Volume and Anisotropy on Granular Statistics: “Fermi Statistics” and Condensation.- How Much CanWe Simplify a System of Grains?.

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