Solitary waves in van der Waals-like transition in fluidized granular matter

M. G. Clerc*, D. Escaff

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Abstract

Solitary wave solutions exhibited at the onset of the phase transition in fluidized granular matter are perused. In the quasi-sonic limit the system is modeled by two Korteweg de Vries equations. We study the solitary wave interactions in order to understand the rich dynamics exhibited by the fluidized granular system at the onset of the gas-liquid phase transition.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-36
Number of pages4
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume371
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2006
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The simulation software DimX developed in the laboratory INLN in France has been used for all the numerical simulations. M.G.C. acknowledges the support of FONDECYT projects 1051117. M.G.C and D.E. thank the support of FONDAP Grant 11980002, and ring program ATC15 of Programa Bicentenario.

Keywords

  • Granular matter
  • Phase transition
  • Soliton

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