Granular Gases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pöschel, Thorsten (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Luding, Stefan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 564
• Subjects: Condensed matter.; Continuum physics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Classical and Continuum Physics.; Complex Systems.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: IX, 457 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540445067
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44506-4

"Granular Gases" are diluted many-particle systems in which the mean free path of the particles is much larger than the typical particle size, and where particle collisions occur dissipatively. The dissipation of kinetic energy can lead to effects such as the formation of clusters, anomalous diffusion and characteristic shock waves to name but a few. The book is organized as follows: Part I comprises the rigorous theoretical results for the dilute limit. The detailed properties of binary collisions are described in Part II. Part III contains experimental investigations of granular gases. Large-scale behaviour as found in astrophysical systems is discussed in Part IV. Part V, finally, deals with possible generalizations for dense granular systems.