Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media

Details Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media

2004-02-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402594v3

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Condensed Matter

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submitted to Physical Review E (february 2004)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051307

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center depending on the size ratio between particles [Thomas, Phys. Rev. E 62, 1 (2000) 961-974]. For small size ratios (typically15): large beads are close to the bottom in a reversing position. The existence of circles with an intermediate radius shows that the segregation at an intermediate level within a flow is possible. In this paper, we experimentally study the segregation of particles of different densities and sizes in a half-filled rotating drum and other devices (chute flow, pile). In the drum, the location of the segregated ring continuously varies from the periphery to the center and is very sensitive to both the size (from 1 to 33) and density (from 0.36 to 4.8) ratios. The densest large beads segregate on a circle close to the center, the lightest large beads on a circle close to the periphery. Consequently, we found that for any tracer, its excess of mass, due to only a size excess, a density excess, or both, leads to a deep inside segregation of the tracer. There is a push-away process that makes heavy beads of any type go downwards, while the excess of size is already known to push large beads towards the surface, by a dynamical sieving process. Each segregation at an intermediate ring corresponds to a balance between these mass and geometrical effects. The segregation level in the flow is determined by the ratio of the intensities of both effects.

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