Formation of density singularities in ideal hydrodynamics of freely cooling inelastic gases: A family of exact solutions

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Fouxon, Itzhak ^a   Meerson, Baruch ^a   Assaf, Michael ^a   Livne, Eli ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DENSITY OF GASES; HEAT CONDUCTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

FREELY COOLING INELASTIC GASES; GRANULAR HYDRODYNAMICS; IDEAL GAS DYNAMICS; VELOCITY GRADIENT;

GAS DYNAMICS;

COOLING; DENSITY OF GASES; GAS DYNAMICS; HEAT CONDUCTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 34848865657     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2767361     Document Type: Article

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