Arrest of three-dimensional gravity-confined shear flow of wet granular matter
arXiv:1210.3247 · doi:10.1017/jfm.2013.587
Abstract
We study the arrest of three-dimensional flow in wet granular matter subject to a sinusoidal external force and a gravitational field confining the flow in the vertical direction. The minimal strength of the external force that is required to keep the system in motion is determined by considering the balance of injected and dissipated power. This provides a prediction whose excellent quality is demonstrated by a data collapse for an extensive set of event-driven molecular dynamics simulations where we varied the system size, particle number, the energy dissipated upon rupturing capillary bridges, and the bridge length where rupture occurs. The three parameters of the theoretical prediction all lie within narrow margins of theoretical estimates.
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