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 modellinggranular 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. INDICE: Preface by Gianfranco Capriz, Pasquale Giovine, Paolo Maria Mariano.- Joe D. Goddard: From granular matter to generalized continuum.- Alexander V. Bobylev, Carlo Cercignani, Irene Martinez Gamba: Generalized kinetic Maxwell models of granular gases.- Giuseppe Toscani: Hydrodynamics from dissipative Boltzmann equation.- Gianfranco Capriz: Bodies with kinetic substructures.- Tommaso Ruggeri: From extended thermodynamics to granular materials.- Ramon Garcia-Rojo, S. McNamara, Hans J. Herrmann: Influence of contact modeling on the macroscopic plastic response of granular soils under cyclic loading.- Alain Barrat, Andrea Puglisi, E. Trizac, Paolo Visco, Frederic van Wijland: Fluctuations in granular gases.- Pasquale Giovine: An extended continuum theory for granular media.- Paolo Maria Mariano: Slow motion in granular matter.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-78276-6
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés