Spectral methods for one-dimensional kinetic models of granular flows and numerical quasi elastic limit

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-90

  Naldi, Giovanni ^a   Pareschi, Lorenzo ^b   Toscani, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Granular media; Nonlinear friction equation; Quasi elastic limit; Singular integrals; Spectral methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037262059     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2003019     Document Type: Article

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