1995/09/29 by Goetz Giese, Giese, Goetz
Engineering · Environmental Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #Granular flow and fluidized beds #Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis #Landslides and related hazards #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9509180
7 pages, Latex, 3 Postscript figures uuencoded
arxiv created 1995/09/29 · openalex publication_date 1995/09/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We consider a one-dimensional "gas" of inelastically colliding particles where kinetic energy is dissipated by the excitation of vibrational degrees of freedom. In our model the coefficient of restitution is a stochastic quantity whose distribution can be calculated from an exact stochastic equation of motion. We investigate the equipartition properties of the system and propose a new algorithm for computer simulations, that is a combination of event-driven and Monte-Carlo methods.