Nontrivial Velocity Distributions in Inelastic Gases
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Granular gases present novel challenges, previously not encountered in fluid dynamics [1]. Specifically, the strong underlying energy dissipation leads to clustering instabilities and strong velocity correlations [2–7]. A series of recent experimental and theoretical studies reveals a rich phenomenology. In particular, velocities are characterized by anomalous statistics, sensitive to the details of the driving conditions, the density, and the degree of dissipation [8–12].
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تاریخ انتشار 2002