Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2003-08-26
Phys. Rev. E 69, 031301 (2004)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
final version appeared in Phys. Rev. E
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.031301
Particles in granular flows are often modeled as frictionless (smooth) inelastic spheres; however, there exist no frictionless grains, just as there are no elastic grains. Our molecular dynamics simulations reveal that friction is essential for realistic modeling of vertically oscillated granular layers: simulations of frictionless particles yield patterns with an onset at a container acceleration about 30% smaller than that observed in experiments and simulations with friction. More importantly, even though square and hexagonal patterns form for a wide range of the oscillation parameters in experiments and in our simulations of frictional inelastic particles, only stripe patterns form in the simulations without friction, even if the inelasticity is increased to obtain as much dissipation as in frictional particles. We also consider the effect of particle friction on the shock wave that forms each time the granular layer strikes the container. While a shock wave still forms for frictionless particles, the height and time dependence of the hydrodynamic fields differ for the cases with and without friction.
Moon Sung Joon
Swift Brandon J.
Swinney Harry L.
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