The Role of Friction in Compaction and Segregation of Granular Materials
arXiv:cond-mat/0308125 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061301
Abstract
We investigate the role of friction in compaction and segregation of granular materials by combining Edwards' thermodynamic hypothesis with a simple mechanical model and mean-field based geometrical calculations. Systems of single species with large friction coefficients are found to compact less. Binary mixtures of grains differing in frictional properties are found to segregate at high compactivities, in contrary to granular mixtures differing in size, which segregate at low compactivities. A phase diagram for segregation vs. friction coefficients of the two species is generated. Finally, the characteristics of segregation are related directly to the volume fraction without the explicit use of the yet unclear notion of compactivity.
arXiv comment9 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E
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