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Granular flow in a rapidly rotated system with fixed walls

by Corwin, Eric Isaac, PhD, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 2007, 0 pages; 3272998

Abstract: This paper investigates the flow properties in a granular system confined by a rapidly rotated bottom surface and fixed walls. Above sufficiently high rotation rates the system enters a novel state in which the flow is independent of the driving rate. Further, a nearly constant shear strain rate is measured throughout the entire system. Optical and particle imaging velocimetry methods are used to measure the surface flows, and large scale molecular dynamics simulations are performed to model the flows both at the surface and in the interior of the material. The analysis shows a regime of granular flow in which shear banding is absent.

Advisor:	Jaeger, Heinrich M.; Nagel, Sidney R.
School:	THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Source:	DAI-B 68/08, p. 5303, Feb 2008
Source Type:	PhD
Subjects:	Condensation
Publication Number:	3272998

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