https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003064
Kinetic theory for strong uniform shear flow of granular media at high density
1 Institut für Materialphysik im Weltraum, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Linder Höhe, 51147 Köln, Germany
2 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, 50937 Köln, Germany
* e-mail: till.kranz@dlr.de
Published online: 30 June 2017
We discuss the uniform shear flow of a fluidized granular bed composed of monodisperse Hertzian spheres. Considering high densities around the glass transition density of inelastic Hertzian spheres, we report kinetic theory expressions for the Newtonian viscosity as well as the Bagnold coefficient. We discuss the dependence of the transport coefficients on density and coefficient of restitution.
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