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4/3-Law of Granular Particles Flowing through a Vertical Pipe

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

Density waves of granular material (sand) flowing through a vertical pipe have been investigated. Clear density waves emerge when the cock attached to bottom end of the pipe is closed. The FFT power spectra were found to show a stable power-law form P(f)fα. P(f) \sim f^{-\alpha}. The value of the exponent was evaluated as α4/3\alpha \cong 4/3. We also introduce a simple one-dimensional model which reproduces α=4/3\alpha = 4/3 from both simulation and theoretical analysis. (to be published in Phys.Rev.Lett.)

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9802174,
  title  = {4/3-Law of Granular Particles Flowing through a Vertical Pipe},
  author = {Osamu Moriyama and Naoya Kuroiwa and Mitsugu Matsushita and Hisao Hayakawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9802174},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, a style file