Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2000-11-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
12 pages, 3 figures Submitted to Phys. Rev. E
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.63.041303
A statistical mechanical study of fluidized granular media is presented. Using a special energy injection mechanism, homogeneous fluidized stationary states are obtained. Molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical analysis of the inelastic hard-disk model show that there is a large asymmetry in the two-particle distribution function between pairs that approach and separate. Large velocity correlations appear in the postcollisional states, due to the dissipative character of the collision rule. These correlations can be well characterized by a state dependent pair correlation function at contact. It is also found that velocity correlations are present for pairs that are about to collide. Particles arrive to collisions with a higher probability that their velocities are parallel rather that antiparallel. These dynamical correlations lead to a decrease of the pressure and of the collision frequency as compared to their Enskog values. A phenomenological modified equation of state is presented.
Mareschal Marianne
Soto Rodrigo
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