title: Nearly smooth granular gases.
abstract: Hydrodynamic equations for nearly smooth granular gases are derived from the pertinent Boltzmann equation. The angular velocity distribution field needs to be included in the set of hydrodynamic fields. The angular velocity distribution is strongly non-Maxwellian for the homogeneous cooling state and any homogeneous steady state. In the case of steady wall-bounded shear flows the average spin (created at the boundaries) has a finite penetration length into the bulk.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel. isaac@eng.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goldhirsch
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Noskowicz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bar-Lev
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005740:Gases; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008433:Mathematics; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D055672:Static Electricity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D046911:Macromolecular Substances