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Simulation study of the Green-Kubo relations for dilute granular gases
J Javier Brey1, M J Ruiz-Montero
1Física Teórica, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. de Correos 1065, E-41080 Seville, Spain.
Abstract:
The Green-Kubo relations for dilute granular gases are employed to compute their transport coefficients by means of the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. This requires not only to follow the dynamics of the system, but also to identify some modified fluxes appearing in the time-correlation functions. The results are compared with those obtained from the Boltzmann equation by means of the Chapman-Enskog procedure in the first Sonine approximation. A good agreement is found for the shear viscosity over a wide range of inelasticities. Nevertheless, for the two transport coefficients associated with the heat flux, significant discrepancies appear for strong inelasticity. Their origin is discussed, showing that they are partially due to the presence of velocity correlations in the homogeneous cooling state of a dilute granular fluid.
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