Dynamics of Granular Heaplets: A Phenomenological Model
Autor: | R L Jacobs, Yong Kheng Goh |
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Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Zdroj: | Computational Science-ICCS 2004 ISBN: 9783540221159 International Conference on Computational Science |
Popis: | When a discrete granular layer on a uniform substrate is tapped from beneath the material piles up into discrete heaps which gradually coarsen. We investigate the relaxation dynamics of the heaping process. We present a non-linear phenomenological partial differential equation to describe the formation of the heaplets. This equation is derived from the continuity equation for a diffusive powder system and from a constitutive equation giving the current as the sum of three terms: the first proportional to the gradient of the height profile with a limiting factor, the second related to the average curvature of the heap surface and the third related to the Gaussian curvature. |
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