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Avalanche Segregation of Binary Mixtures of Granular Media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. Koeppe ,
M. Enz  and
J. Kakalios
J. Koeppe
Affiliation:
The University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN 55455
M. Enz
Affiliation:
The University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN 55455
J. Kakalios
Affiliation:
The University of Minnesota, School of Physics and Astronomy, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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Abstract

When an initially homogeneous binary mixture of granular media such as fine and coarse sand is poured near the closed edge of a “quasi-two-dimensional” Hele-Shaw cell consisting of two vertical transparent plates held a narrow distance apart, the mixture spontaneously forms alternating segregated layers. Using digital images taken with a CCD camera and Fourier transformed to obtain the structure function of the banding pattern, the wavelength selection mechanism and degree of segregation are studied as the plate separation of the Hele-Shaw cell is systematically increased. For a given flow rate, the degree of segregation, as reflected in the amplitude of the peak in the structure function, decreases as the plate separation increases. For wider plate spacings the peak in the structure function shifts to lower wavelengths. These results are compared to numerical simulations of the avalanche segregation using a stochastic sandpile model.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 463: Symposia EE – Statistical Mechanics in Physics and Biology , 1996 , 319
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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