Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases

by Nikolai V. Brilliantov, Thorsten Poschel, Thorsten Pöschel

Book Overview

Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases provides an introduction to the rapidly developing theory of dissipative gas dynamics - a theory which has mainly evolved over the last decade. The book is aimed at readers from the advanced undergraduate level upwards and leads on to the present state of research. Throughout, special emphasis is put on a microscopically consistent description of pairwise particle collisions which leads to an impact-velocity-dependent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198530382
• ISBN13: 9780198530381
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"