Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1996-03-12
Physics
Condensed Matter
11 pages, REVTEX format, ps figures compressed uuencoded separately or by e-mail from sts@ica1.uni-stuttgart.de. A postscript
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.54.5066
We perform a two-dimensional molecular-dynamics study of a model for sheared bidisperse granular systems under conditions of simple shear and Poiseuille flow. We propose a mechanism for particle-size segregation based on the observation that segregation occurs if the viscous length scale introduced by a liquid in the system is smaller than of the order of the particle size. We show that the ratio of shear rate to viscosity must be small if one wants to find size segregation. In this case the particles in the system arrange themselves in bands of big and small particles oriented along the direction of the flow. Similarly, in Poiseuille flow we find the formation of particle bands. Here, in addition, the variety of time scales in the flow leads to an aggregation of particles in the zones of low shear rate and can suppress size segregation in these regions. The results have been verified against simulations using a full Navier-Stokes description for the liquid.
Herrmann Hans
Santra Sitangshu Bikas
Schwarzer Stefan
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