Shock Propagation in Granular Flow Subjected to an External Impact

Sudhir N. Pathak, Zahera Jabeen, Purusattam Ray +1

We analyze a recent experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett., {\bf103}, 224501 (2009)] in which the shock, created by the impact of a steel ball on a flowing monolayer of glass beads, is quant…