Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: Inelastic collapse is found in a two-dimensional system of inelastic hard disks confined between two walls which act as an energy source. As the coefficient of restitution is lowered, there is a transition between a state containing small collapsed clusters and a state dominated by a large collapsed cluster. The transition is analogous to that of a percolation transition. At the transition the number of clusters n(s) of size s scales as n(s) approximately s(-tau) with tau approximately equal to 2.7.
Author: Jan Tobochnik
Institution: Kalamazoo College
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2040859992