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The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method is used to numerically solve the Enskog equation for a granular binary mixture in the homogeneous cooling state (HCS). The fourth velocity moments, the temperature ratio, and also the velocity distribution functions are obtained and compared with approximate analytical results derived recently from a Sonine polynomial expansion [V. Garzó and J. W. Dufty, Phys. Rev. E 60, 5706 (1999)]. The comparison shows an excellent agreement between both approaches, even for strong dissipation or disparate values of the mechanical parameters of the mixture. In contrast to previous studies, the partial temperatures of each species are clearly different, so that the total energy is not equally distributed between both species. Finally, in the same way as in the one-component case, the simulation as well as the theory show a high energy tail of the distribution functions.
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Received: 9 May 2001
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Montanero, J., Garzó, V. Monte Carlo simulation of the homogeneous cooling state for a granular mixture. GM 4, 17–24 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-001-0097-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-001-0097-8