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High intensity tapping regime in a frustrated lattice gas model of granular compaction

Soft Condensed Matter 2010-02-18 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

In the frame of a well established lattice gas model for granular compaction, we investigate the high intensity tapping regime where a pile expands significantly during external excitation. We find that this model shows the same general trends as more sophisticated models based on molecular dynamic type simulations. In particular, a minimum in packing fraction as a function of tapping strength is observed in the reversible branch of an annealed tapping protocol.

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@article{arxiv.1002.3267,
  title  = {High intensity tapping regime in a frustrated lattice gas model of granular compaction},
  author = {Paula A. Gago and Nicolás E. Bueno and Luis A. Pugnaloni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3267},
  year   = {2010}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures