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  "abstract": "We revisit the properties of quasi two-dimensional mono-disperse granular gases under micro-gravity conditions using an air table. The air flow provides a microgravity-like environment and homogeneously injects energy into the system. The energy supplied to the particles is dissipated through aerodynamic drag and by collisions between particles, thus leading to a steady state. The horizontal components of the translational velocity and the vertical component of the angular velocity of the particles are found to follow remarkably well Gaussian distributions except at very low surface fraction. We independently varied the particle size , the surface coverage , and the air flow speed , and found that the variation of the mean square horizontal velocity of the particles can be well described by a simple scaling law: < 2 > proportional to 0.4-0.25-0.65. Importantly, the dependence of the scaling exponents on and can be inferred from the kinetic theory of granular gases, combined with the experimental determination of the collisional friction coefficient and the normal restitution coefficient in particle-particle collisions. Additionally, we show that the power injected per particle by the air flow is independent of the surface coverage and particle size. solely depends on the air flow speed as proportional to 0.6. Interestingly, our quasi 2D granular system behaves similarly to a twodimensional gas of hard disks and the measured mean free path and self-diffusion coefficient agree perfectly with the prediction of the kinetic theory. However, the analysis of the rotational granular temperature of this two-dimensional gas indicates that it is much smaller than its translational granular temperature , and that energy equipartition between translational and rotational degrees of freedom is therefore not satisfied.",
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    {
      "name": "Rawad Sadah"
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    {
      "name": "Renaud Delannay"
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    {
      "name": "Alexandre Valance"
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/0b9zhx5cv38ya.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1016/j.mechrescom.2026.104752",
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  "published": "2026-06-16",
  "publisher": "Elsevier",
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  "title": "Experimental study of quasi two-dimensional granular gases in microgravity",
  "title_text": "Experimental study of quasi two-dimensional granular gases in microgravity",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:18:01Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/0b9zhx5cv38ya",
  "venue": "Mechanics Research Communications",
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