Transient response in granular quasi-2D bounded heap flow
arXiv:1708.07270 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.96.040902
Abstract
We study the transition between steady flows of non-cohesive granular materials in quasi-2D bounded heaps by suddenly changing the feed rate. In both experiments and simulations, the primary feature of the transition is a wedge of flowing particles that propagates downstream over the rising free surface with a wedge front velocity inversely proportional to the square root of time. An additional longer duration transient process continues after the wedge front reaches the downstream wall. The entire transition is well modeled as a moving boundary problem with a diffusion-like equation derived from local mass balance and a local relation between the flux and the surface slope.
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