Mechanism for Surface Waves in Vibrated Granular Material

Details Mechanism for Surface Waves in Vibrated Granular Material Mechanism for Surface Waves in Vibrated Granular Material

1999-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9907291v1

Europhysics Letters v.47, 515 (1999)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

6 pages, 3 figures (included)

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i1999-00418-8

We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the formation of surface waves in vertically vibrated granular material. We find that horizontal movements of particles, which are essential for the formation of the waves, consist of two distinct processes. First, the movements sharply increase while the particles are colliding with a bottom plate, where the duration of the collisions is very short compared to the period of the vibration. Next, the movements gradually decrease between the collisions, during which the particles move through the material. We also find that the horizontal velocity field after the collisions is strongly correlated to the surface profile before the collisions.

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