Mesoscopic Physics of Granular Flows
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
We present a description of granular dynamics based on the idea of differentiation between fluid and solid components. First, we construct a model of completely fluidized phase. Then we discuss a shear surface motion on the boundary of the bulk solid phase, induced by a moving wall. Our results include the thickness dependence of the velocity of a developed avalanche, density and velocity profiles in granular Couette flow experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912187,
title = {Mesoscopic Physics of Granular Flows},
author = {Alexei V. Tkachenko and Vachtang Putkaradze},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912187},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures