Gravity-driven Dense Granular Flows
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
We report and analyze the results of numerical studies of dense granular flows in two and three dimensions, using both linear damped springs and Hertzian force laws between particles. Chute flow generically produces a constant density profile that satisfies scaling relations suggestive of a Bagnold grain inertia regime. The type of force law has little impact on the behavior of the system. Bulk and surface flows differ in their failure criteria and flow rheology, as evidenced by the change in principal stress directions near the surface. Surface-only flows are not observed in this geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005051,
title = {Gravity-driven Dense Granular Flows},
author = {Deniz Ertas and Gary S. Grest and Thomas C. Halsey and Dov Levine and Leonardo E. Silbert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005051},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, RevTeX 3.0, 4 PostScript figures (5 files) embedded with epsf