Segregation by thermal diffusion in granular shear flows

Details Segregation by thermal diffusion in granular shear flows Segregation by thermal diffusion in granular shear flows

2010-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/1004.2144v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

8 figures. To appear in J. Stat. Mech

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Segregation by thermal diffusion of an intruder immersed in a sheared granular gas is analyzed from the (inelastic) Boltzmann equation. Segregation is induced by the presence of a temperature gradient orthogonal to the shear flow plane and parallel to gravity. We show that, like in analogous systems without shear, the segregation criterion yields a transition between upwards segregation and downwards segregation. The form of the phase diagrams is illustrated in detail showing that they depend sensitively on the value of gravity relative to the thermal gradient. Two specific situations are considered: i) absence of gravity, and ii) homogeneous temperature. We find that both mechanisms (upwards and downwards segregation) are stronger and more clearly separated when compared with segregation criteria in systems without shear.

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