In contrast to molecular gases (for example, air), the particles of granular gases, such as a cloud of dust, lose part of their kinetic energy when they collide, giving rise to many exciting physical properties. The book provides a self-contained introduction to the theory of granular gases for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates. INDICE: 1: Introduction; I Mechanics of Particle Collisions; 2: Particle collisions; 3: Coefficients of restitution; 4: Applications to few-particle systems; II Granular Gases - Velocity Distribution Function; 5: Cooling granular gas - Haff's law; 6: Boltzmann equation; 7: Sonine polynomials expansion ofthe velocity distribution function; 8: Velocity distribution and temperature of a granular gas for the case epsilon = const.; 9: Velocity distribution function and temperature for viscoelastic particles; 10: High-energy tail of the velocity distribution function; 11: Two-dimensional granular gases; III Single-particle Transport, Self-Diffusion and Brownian Motion; 12: Diffusion and self-diffusion; 13: Pseudo-Liouville and binary collision operators in dissipativegas dynamics; 14: Coefficient of self-diffusion; 15: Brownian motion in granular gases; 16: Two-dimensional granular gases; IV Transport Processes and Kinetic Coefficients; 17: Granular gas as a continuum: hydrodynamic equations; 18:Chapman-Enskog approach for non-uniform granular gases; 19: Kinetic coefficients and velocity distribution for gases of elastic particles; 20: Kinetic coefficients for granular gases of simplified particles; 21: Kinetic coefficients for granular gases of viscoelastic particles; 22: Chapman-Enskog method for self-diffusion coefficients; 23: Two-dimensional granular gases; V Structure Formation; 24: Instability of the homogeneous cooling state; 25: Structure formation for epsilon = const.; 26: Structure formation in granular gases of viscoelastic particles; 27: Nonlinear mechanisms for structure formation; 28: Two-dimensional granular gases; A: Functions of the collision integral; B: Molecular dynamics of granular gases; C: Solutions to the problems
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958813-8
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 11/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés