Shear-induced diffusion in non-local granular flows
arXiv:1808.01871 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/124/24002
Abstract
We investigate the properties of self-diffusion in heterogeneous dense granular flows involving a gradient of stress and inertial number. The study is based on simulated plane shear with gravity and Poiseuille flows, in which non-local effects induce some creep flow in zones where stresses are below the yield. Results show that shear-induced diffusion is qualitatively different in zones above and below the yield. Below the yield, diffusivity is no longer governed by velocity fluctuations, and we evidenced a direct scaling between diffusivity and local shear rate. This is interpreted by analysing the grain trajectories, which exhibit a caging dynamics developing in zones below the yield. We finally introduce an explicit scaling for the profile of local inertial number in these zones, which leads to a straightforward expression of the diffusivity as a function of the stress and position in non-local flows.
arXiv comment7 pages, 5 figures
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