Granular segregation under vertical tapping
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We present extensive Molecular Dynamics simulations on species segregation in a granular mixture subject to vertical taps. We discuss how grain properties, e.g., size, density, friction, as well as, shaking properties, e.g., amplitude and frequency, affect such a phenomenon. Both Brazil Nut Effect (larger particles on the top, BN) and the Reverse Brazil Nut Effect (larger particles on the bottom, RBN) are found and we derive the system comprehensive ``segregation diagram'' and the BN to RBN crossover line. We also discuss the role of friction and show that particles which differ only for their frictional properties segregate in states depending on the tapping acceleration and frequency.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0601284,
title = {Granular segregation under vertical tapping},
author = {M. Pica Ciamarra and M. D. De Vizia and A. Fierro and M. Tarzia and A. Coniglio and M. Nicodemi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0601284},
year = {2007}
}
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Physical Review Letters, in press