The homogeneous cooling state of a granular flow of smooth spherical particles described by the Boltzmann equation is investigated by means of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. The velocity moments and also the ...

The Enskog-Boltzmann equation for a homogeneous freely evolving system of smooth hard disks colliding inelastically is solved by means of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. The distribution function shows an exponential ...

The direct Monte Carlo simulation method is used to check the validity of the hydrodynamic description of a low-density granular flow in the linear region about the homogeneous cooling state. Good agreement is found between ...

It is shown that the Boltzmann equation for smooth inelastic hard disks or spheres admits a solution describing a steady state characterized by uniform pressure and linear temperature profile. Such a state has been observed ...

A self-diffusionequation for a freely evolving gas of inelastic hard disks or spheres is derived starting from the Boltzmann–Lorentz equation, by means of a Chapman–Enskog expansion in the density gradient of the tagged ...

A kinetic one-dimensional bonded fluid model is formulated by extending a model for water due to Bell. The behavior of the system under continuous cooling is analyzed by use of a Monte Carlo simulation method. It shows a ...

A Monte Carlo investigation of the linear and nonlinear relaxation of a one-dimensional bonded fluid is presented. The simulation shows that the model possesses many of the qualitative properties of the glass-forming ...

The physical mechanisms leading to the development of density inhomogeneities in a freely evolving low density granular gas are investigated. By means of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method, numerical solutions of the ...