Granular Gas Dynamics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pöschel, Thorsten (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brilliantov, Nikolai V. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 624
• Subjects: Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Continuum physics.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Complex Systems.; Classical and Continuum Physics.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: XIV, 369 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540398431
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/b12449

While there is not yet any general theory for granular materials, significant progress has been achieved for dilute systems, also called granular gases. The contributions in this book address both the kinetic approach one using the Boltzmann equation for dissipative gases as well as the less established hydrodynamic description. The last part of the book is devoted to driven granular gases and their analogy with molecular fluids. Care has been taken so as to present the material in a pedagogical and self-contained way and this volume will thus be particularly useful to nonspecialists and newcomers to the field.