Mesoscopic theory of granular fluids

Using fluctuating hydrodynamics we describe the slow buildup of long range spatial correlations in a freely evolving fluid of inelastic hard spheres. In the incompressible limit, the behavior of spatial velocity correlations (including r^(-d) behavior) is governed by vorticity fluctuations only and...

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Autores: Van Noije, T. P. C., Ernst, M. H., García Orza, José Antonio, Brito López, Ricardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1997
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/58516
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58516
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:536
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Sumario:Using fluctuating hydrodynamics we describe the slow buildup of long range spatial correlations in a freely evolving fluid of inelastic hard spheres. In the incompressible limit, the behavior of spatial velocity correlations (including r^(-d) behavior) is governed by vorticity fluctuations only and agrees well with two-dimensional simulations up to 50 to 100 collisions per particle. The incompressibility assumption breaks down beyond a distance that diverges in the elastic limit.