A simple kinetic theory for granular flow of binary mixtures of smooth, inelastic, spherical particles

DOI10.1007/BF01182539zbMath0608.76099MaRDI QIDQ1086099

B. George

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Acta Mechanica (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

binary mixture; energy dissipation; kinetic theory; energy exchange; conservation equations; simple shear flow; collisional interactions; mixtures of dense gases; particle velocity distribution functions; rapid flow; smooth, inelastic, spherical granular particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76T99: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

35L65: Hyperbolic conservation laws

82B40: Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics

76M99: Basic methods in fluid mechanics