Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases

Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases
Author: Nikolai V. Brilliantov
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2010-11-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199588139

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.

Granular Gases

Granular Gases
Author: Thorsten Pöschel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2001-02-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540414584

"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.

Contemporary Kinetic Theory of Matter

Contemporary Kinetic Theory of Matter
Author: J. R. Dorfman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 667
Release: 2021-06-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0521895472

A thorough examination of kinetic theory and its successes in understanding and describing irreversible phenomena in physical systems.

Kinetic Theory of Gases

Kinetic Theory of Gases
Author: Walter Kauzmann
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2013-04-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0486273431

This monograph and text was designed for first-year students of physical chemistry who require further details of kinetic theory. The treatment focuses chiefly on the molecular basis of important thermodynamic properties of gases, including pressure, temperature, and thermal energy. Includes numerous exercises, many partially worked out, and end-of-chapter problems. 1966 edition.

Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Theory of Fluidization

Computational Fluid Dynamics and the Theory of Fluidization
Author: Huilin Lu
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2021-05-03
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811615586

This book is for engineers and students to solve issues concerning the fluidized bed systems. It presents an analysis that focuses directly on the problem of predicting the fluid dynamic behavior which empirical data is limited or unavailable. The second objective is to provide a treatment of computational fluidization dynamics that is readily accessible to the non-specialist. The approach adopted in this book, starting with the formulation of predictive expressions for the basic conservation equations for mass and momentum using kinetic theory of granular flow. The analyses presented in this book represent a body of simulations and experiments research that has appeared in numerous publications over the last 20 years. This material helps to form the basis for university course modules in engineering and applied science at undergraduate and graduate level, as well as focused, post-experienced courses for the process, and allied industries.

An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases

An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases
Author: James Jeans
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1982-10-14
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521092326

This book can be described as a student's edition of the author's Dynamical Theory of Gases. It is written, however, with the needs of the student of physics and physical chemistry in mind, and those parts of which the interest was mainly mathematical have been discarded. This does not mean that the book contains no serious mathematical discussion; the discussion in particular of the distribution law is quite detailed; but in the main the mathematics is concerned with the discussion of particular phenomena rather than with the discussion of fundamentals.

Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations

Modeling and Computational Methods for Kinetic Equations
Author: Pierre Degond
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004-04-07
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780817632540

In recent years kinetic theory has developed in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, and has extended the borders of its traditional fields of application. New applications in traffic flow engineering, granular media modeling, and polymer and phase transition physics have resulted in new numerical algorithms which depart from traditional stochastic Monte--Carlo methods. This monograph is a self-contained presentation of such recently developed aspects of kinetic theory, as well as a comprehensive account of the fundamentals of the theory. Emphasizing modeling techniques and numerical methods, the book provides a unified treatment of kinetic equations not found in more focused theoretical or applied works. The book is divided into two parts. Part I is devoted to the most fundamental kinetic model: the Boltzmann equation of rarefied gas dynamics. Additionally, widely used numerical methods for the discretization of the Boltzmann equation are reviewed: the Monte--Carlo method, spectral methods, and finite-difference methods. Part II considers specific applications: plasma kinetic modeling using the Landau--Fokker--Planck equations, traffic flow modeling, granular media modeling, quantum kinetic modeling, and coagulation-fragmentation problems. Modeling and Computational Methods of Kinetic Equations will be accessible to readers working in different communities where kinetic theory is important: graduate students, researchers and practitioners in mathematical physics, applied mathematics, and various branches of engineering. The work may be used for self-study, as a reference text, or in graduate-level courses in kinetic theory and its applications.

An Introduction to the Boltzmann Equation and Transport Processes in Gases

An Introduction to the Boltzmann Equation and Transport Processes in Gases
Author: Gilberto M. Kremer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2010-08-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642116965

This book covers classical kinetic theory of gases, presenting basic principles in a self-contained framework and from a more rigorous approach based on the Boltzmann equation. Uses methods in kinetic theory for determining the transport coefficients of gases.