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Homogeneous cooling of rough, dissipative particles: Theory and simulations
We investigate freely cooling systems of rough spheres in two and three
dimensions. Simulations using an event driven algorithm are compared with
results of an approximate kinetic theory, based on the assumption of a
generalized homogeneous cooling state. For short times , translational and
rotational energy are found to change linearly with . For large times both
energies decay like with a ratio independent of time, but not
corresponding to equipartition. Good agreement is found between theory and
simulations, as long as no clustering instability is observed. System
parameters, i.e. density, particle size, and particle mass can be absorbed in a
rescaled time, so that the decay of translational and rotational energy is
solely determined by normal restitution and surface roughness.Comment: 10 pages, 10 eps-figure
Dynamics of inelastically colliding rough spheres: Relaxation of translational and rotational energy
We study the exchange of kinetic energy between translational and rotational
degrees of freedom for inelastic collisions of rough spheres. Even if
equipartition holds in the initial state it is immediately destroyed by
collisions. The simplest generalisation of the homogeneous cooling state allows
for two temperatures, characterizing translational and rotational degrees of
freedom separately. For times larger than a crossover frequency, which is
determined by the Enskog frequency and the initial temperature, both energies
decay algebraically like with a fixed ratio of amplitudes, different
from one.Comment: 5 pages, RevTeX, 2 eps figures, slightly expanded discussion, new
figures with dimensionless units, added references, accepted for publication
in PRE as a Rapid Com
Energy flows in vibrated granular media
We study vibrated granular media, investigating each of the three components
of the energy flow: particle-particle dissipation, energy input at the
vibrating wall, and particle-wall dissipation. Energy dissipated by
interparticle collisions is well estimated by existing theories when the
granular material is dilute, and these theories are extended to include
rotational kinetic energy. When the granular material is dense, the observed
particle-particle dissipation rate decreases to as little as 2/5 of the
theoretical prediction. We observe that the rate of energy input is the weight
of the granular material times an average vibration velocity times a function
of the ratio of particle to vibration velocity. `Particle-wall' dissipation has
been neglected in all theories up to now, but can play an important role when
the granular material is dilute. The ratio between gravitational potential
energy and kinetic energy can vary by as much as a factor of 3. Previous
simulations and experiments have shown that E ~ V^delta, with delta=2 for
dilute granular material, and delta ~ 1.5 for dense granular material. We
relate this change in exponent to the departure of particle-particle
dissipation from its theoretical value.Comment: 19 pages revtex, 10 embedded eps figures, accepted by PR
Effects of Velocity Correlation on Early Stage of Free Cooling Process of Inelastic Hard Sphere System
The free cooling process in the inelastic hard sphere system is studied by
analysing the data from large scale molecular dynamics simulations on a three
dimensional system. The initial energy decay, the velocity distribution
function, and the velocity correlation functions are calculated to be compared
with theoretical predictions. The energy decay rate in the homogeneous cooling
state is slightly but distinctively smaller than that expected from the
independent collision assumption. The form of the one particle velocity
distribution is found not to be stationary. These contradict to the predictions
of the kinetic theory based on the Enskog-Boltzmann equation and suggest that
the velocity correlation is already important in the early stage of homogeneous
cooling state. The energy decay rate is analysed in terms of the velocity
correlation.Comment: 9 pages (figures included). To be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
Vol. 73 No. 1 (2004) Added two references and removed one. Changed the name
of T_{L}. Added unit constants in Sec. 5 and
Two-dimensional Burgers Cellular Automaton
A two-dimensional cellular automaton(CA) associated with a two-dimensional
Burgers equation is presented. The 2D Burgers equation is an integrable
generalization of the well-known Burgers equation, and is transformed into a 2D
diffusion equation by the Cole-Hopf transformation. The CA is derived from the
2D Burgers equation by using the ultradiscrete method, which can transform
dependent variables into discrete ones. Some exact solutions of the CA, such as
shock wave solutions, are studied in detail.Comment: Latex2.09, 17 pages including 7 figure
Boundary effects in the stepwise structure of the Lyapunov spectra for quasi-one-dimensional systems
Boundary effects in the stepwise structure of the Lyapunov spectra and the
corresponding wavelike structure of the Lyapunov vectors are discussed
numerically in quasi-one-dimensional systems consisting of many hard-disks.
Four kinds of boundary conditions constructed by combinations of periodic
boundary conditions and hard-wall boundary conditions are considered, and lead
to different stepwise structures of the Lyapunov spectra in each case. We show
that a spatial wavelike structure with a time-oscillation appears in the
spatial part of the Lyapunov vectors divided by momenta in some steps of the
Lyapunov spectra, while a rather stationary wavelike structure appears in the
purely spatial part of the Lyapunov vectors corresponding to the other steps.
Using these two kinds of wavelike structure we categorize the sequence and the
kinds of steps of the Lyapunov spectra in the four different boundary condition
cases.Comment: 33 pages, 25 figures including 10 color figures. Manuscript including
the figures of better quality is available from
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/~gary/step.pd
Energy non-equipartition in systems of inelastic, rough spheres
We calculate and verify with simulations the ratio between the average
translational and rotational energies of systems with rough, inelastic
particles, either forced or freely cooling. The ratio shows non-equipartition
of energy. In stationary flows, this ratio depends mainly on the particle
roughness, but in nonstationary flows, such as freely cooling granular media,
it also depends strongly on the normal dissipation. The approach presented here
unifies and simplifies different results obtained by more elaborate kinetic
theories. We observe that the boundary induced energy flux plays an important
role.Comment: 4 pages latex, 4 embedded eps figures, accepted by Phys Rev
Coefficient of normal restitution of viscous particles and cooling rate of granular gases
We investigate the cooling rate of a gas of inelastically interacting
particles. When we assume velocity dependent coefficients of restitution the
material cools down slower than with constant restitution. This behavior might
have large influence to clustering and structure formation processes.Comment: 3 figures, Phys. Rev. E (in press
Granular cooling of hard needles
We have developed a kinetic theory of hard needles undergoing binary
collisions with loss of energy due to normal and tangential restitution. In
addition, we have simulated many particle systems of granular hard needles. The
theory, based on the assumption of a homogeneous cooling state, predicts that
granular cooling of the needles proceeds in two stages: An exponential decay of
the initial configuration to a state where translational and rotational
energies take on a time independent ratio (not necessarily unity), followed by
an algebraic decay of the total kinetic energy . The simulations
support the theory very well for low and moderate densities. For higher
densities, we have observed the onset of the formation of clusters and shear
bands.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures; major changes, extended versio
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