Velocity distributions and density fluctuations in a granular gas

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Olafsen, J S ^a   Urbach, J S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17944369302     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.60.R2468     Document Type: Article

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13. The density (Formula presented) for N particles is (Formula presented) where (Formula presented) the maximum number of particles in a single hexagonal close-packed layer, was 17275 and 11270 for the small and large balls, respectively.
14. Visit www.physics.georgetown.edu/(Formula presented)granular to view the actual high speed dynamics.
15. The area of the camera frame was approximately 24 ball areas. At (Formula presented) there were, on average, approximately 13 balls in the frame.
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