Memory effects in vibrated granular systems
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v3 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
Granular materials present memory effects when submitted to tapping processes. These effects have been observed experimentally and are discussed here in the context of a general kind of model systems for compaction formulated at a mesoscopic level. The theoretical predictions qualitatively agree with the experimental results. As an example, a particular simple model is used for detailed calculations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0108513,
title = {Memory effects in vibrated granular systems},
author = {J. Javier Brey and A. Prados},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0108513},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, 5 figures; to appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (Special Issue: Proceedings of ESF SPHINX Workshop on ``Glassy behaviour of kinetically constrained models.'')