Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2003-01-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2003-10190-3
In this paper we report the results of simulations of a 2D gravity driven, dissipative granular flow through a hopper system. Measurements of impulse distributions P(I) on the simulated system show flow-velocity-invariant behavior of the distribution for impulses larger than the average impulse . For small impulses, however, P(I) decreases significantly with flow velocity, a phenomenon which can be attributed exclusively to collisions between grains undergoing frequent collisions. Visualizations of the system also show that these frequently colliding particles tend to form increasingly large linear clusters as the flow velocity decreases. A model is proposed for the form of P(I), given distributions of cluster size and velocity, which accurately predicts the observed form of the distribution. Thus the impulse distribution provides some insight into the formation and properties of these ``dynamic'' force chains.
Chakraborty Bulbul
Ferguson Andrew
Fisher Benji
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