Segregation in a fluidized binary granular mixture: Competition between buoyancy and geometric forces

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2003-06-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0306558v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2003-00287-1

Starting from the hydrodynamic equations of binary granular mixtures, we derive an evolution equation for the relative velocity of the intruders, which is shown to be coupled to the inertia of the smaller particles. The onset of Brazil-nut segregation is explained as a competition between the buoyancy and geometric forces: the Archimedean buoyancy force, a buoyancy force due to the difference between the energies of two granular species, and two geometric forces, one compressive and the other-one tensile in nature, due to the size-difference. We show that inelastic dissipation strongly affects the phase diagram of the Brazil nut phenomenon and our model is able to explain the experimental results of Breu et al. (PRL, 2003, vol. 90, p. 01402).

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