Granular matter displays a variety of peculiarities that distinguish it from other appearances studied in condensed matter physics and renders its overall mathematical modelling somewhat arduous. Prominent directions in the modelling granular flows are analyzed from various points of view. Foundational issues, numerical schemes and experimental results are discussed. The volume furnishes a rather complete overview of the current research trends in the mechanics of granular matter. Various chapters introduce the reader to different points of view and related techniques. New models describing granular bodies as complex bodies are presented. Results on the analysis of the inelastic Boltzmann equations are collected in different chapters. Gallavotti-Cohen symmetry is also discussed.
| ISBN: | 9783540782766 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 2008 |
| Author: | G Capriz, Pasquale Giovine, Paolo Maria Mariano |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Production and industrial engineering Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Mathematical physics Mathematics |