Computer simulation of uniformly heated granular fluids
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Direct Monte Carlo simulations of the EnskogBoltzmann equation for a spatially uniform system of smooth inelastic spheres are performed. In order to reach a steady state, the particles are assumed to be under the action of an external driving force which does work to compensate for the collisional loss of energy. Three different types of external driving are considered: (a) a stochastic force, (b) a deterministic force proportional to the particle velocity and (c) a deterministic force parallel to the particle velocity but constant in magnitude. The Enskog-Boltzmann equation in case (b) is fully equivalent to that of the homogeneous cooling state (where the thermal velocity monotonically decreases with time) when expressed in terms of the particle velocity relative to the thermal velocity. Comparison of the simulation results for the fourth cumulant and the high energy tail with theoretical predictions deReceived: 17 June 1999 José Maŕıa Montanero, Andrés Santos Departamento de Electrónica e Ingenieŕıa Electromecánica, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain e-mail: [email protected] Departamento de F́ısica Universidad de Extremadura, E-06071 Badajoz, Spain e-mail: [email protected] Send offprint requests to: J. M. Montanero Correspondence to: A. Santos rived in cases (a) and (b) [T. P. C. van Noije and M. H. Ernst, Gran. Matt. 1, 57 (1998)] shows a good agreement. In contrast to these two cases, the deviation from the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution is not well represented by Sonine polynomials in case (c), even for low dissipation. In addition, the high energy tail exhibits an underpopulation effect in this case.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999