Orientational correlation and velocity distributions in uniform shear flow of a dilute granular gas

Gayen, Bishakhdatta; Alam, Meheboob

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Orientational correlation and velocity distributions in uniform shear flow of a dilute granular gas

Date

2008

Authors

Gayen, Bishakhdatta

Alam, Meheboob

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

Using particle simulations of the uniform shear flow of a rough dilute granular gas, we show that the translational and rotational velocities are strongly correlated in direction, but there is no orientational correlation-induced singularity at perfectly