Kumaran, V. - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 275 (2000) 3, pp. 483-504
The velocity distribution for a homogeneous shear flow of smooth nearly elastic disks is determined using a perturbation solution of the linearised Boltzmann equation. An expansion in the parameter εI=(1−e)1/2 is used, where e is the coefficient of restitution. In the leading order...