Granular Gases (Hardcover, 2001)

Kinetic Theory and Hydrodynamics.- Kinetic Theory of Granular Gases.- Free Cooling of Particles with Rotational Degrees of Freedom.- Hydrodynamic Transport Coefficients of Granular Gases.- Granular Gases: Probing the Boundaries of Hydrodynamics.- Granular Gases with Impact-Velocity-Dependent Restitution Coefficient.- Boundary Conditions for Collisional Grain Flows at Bumpy, Frictional Walls.- Diffusion Process in Two-Dimensional Granular Gases.- Collisions and One-Dimensional Models.- Energy Loss and Aggregation Processes in Low Speed Collisions of Ice Particles Coated with Frosts or Methanol/Water Mixtures.- Contact Mechanics and Coefficients of Restitution.- Kinetic Theory for 1D Granular Gases.- Chains of Viscoelastic Spheres.- Vibrated Granular Media.- Experimental Studies of Vibro-fluidised Granular Beds.- Pattern Formation in a Vibrated Granular Layer.- Experimental Study of a Granular Gas Fluidized by Vibrations.- Computer Simulation of Vertically Vibrated Granular Layers in a Box with Sawtooth-Shaped Base.- Resonance Oscillations in Granular Gases.- Granular Astrophysics.- Dynamical Evolution of Viscous Discs. Astrophysical Applications to the Formation of Planetary Systems and to the Confinement of Planetary Rings and Arcs.- Numerical Simulations of the Collisional Dynamics of Planetary Rings.- Formation of Narrow Ringlets in Saturn's Rings.- Granular Viscosity, Planetary Rings and Inelastic Particle Collisions.- Towards Dense Granular Systems.- The Equation of State for Almost Elastic, Smooth, Polydisperse Granular Gases for Arbitrary Density.- Experimental Observations of Non-equilibrium Distributions and Transitions in a 2D Granular Gas.- Effect of Excluded Volume and Anisotropy on Granular Statistics: "Fermi Statistics" and Condensation.- How Much Can We Simplify a System of Grains?.