Shaking a Box of Sand

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2001-03-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0103076v2

Europhys. Lett 57: 46-52 (2001)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Revised version. To appear in Europhysics Letters

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2002-00539-0

We present a simple model of a vibrated box of sand, and discuss its dynamics in terms of two parameters reflecting static and dynamic disorder respectively. The fluidised, intermediate and frozen (`glassy') dynamical regimes are extensively probed by analysing the response of the packing fraction to steady, as well as cyclic, shaking, and indicators of the onset of a `glass transition' are analysed. In the `glassy' regime, our model is exactly solvable, and allows for the qualitative description of ageing phenomena in terms of two characteristic lengths; predictions are also made about the influence of grain shape anisotropy on ageing behaviour.

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