Asymptotic solution of the Boltzmann equation for the shear flow of smooth inelastic disks

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 483-504

  Kumaran, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELASTICITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHEAR FLOW;

CHAPMAN-ENSKOG METHOD; LINEARIZED BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; MAXWELL-BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033906050     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00263-0     Document Type: Article

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