Granular Gas Dynamics (Hardcover)

Part I: Kinetic Theory.- Asymptotic Solutions of the Nonlinear Boltzmann Equation for Dissipative Systems.- The Homogeneous Cooling State Revisited.- The Inelastic Maxwell Model.- Cooling Granular Gases: The Role of Correlations in the Velocity Field.- Self-Similar Asymptotics for the Boltzmann Equation With Inelastic Interactions.- Kinetic Integrals in the Kinetic Theory of Dissipative Gases.- Kinetics of Fragmenting Freely Evolving Granular Gases.- Part II: Granular Hydrodynamics.- Shock Waves in Granular Gases.- Linearized Boltzmann Equation and Hydrodynamics for Granular Gases.- Development of a Density Invesion in Driven Granular Gases.- Kinetic Theory for Inertia Flows of Dilute Turbulent Gas-Solids Two-Phase Mixtures.- Part III: Driven Gases and Structure Formation.- Driven Granular Gases.- Van der Waals-Like Transition in Fluidized Granular Matter.- Birth and Sudden Death of Granular Cluster.- Vibrated Granular Media as Experimentally Realized Granular Gases.