TY - JOUR
T1 - Avalanche segregation of binary mixtures of granular media
AU - Koeppe, J.
AU - Enz, M.
AU - Kakalios, J.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - When an initially homogeneous binary mixture of granular media such as fine and coarse sand is poured near the closed edge of a 'quasi-two-dimensional' Hele-Shaw cell consisting of two vertical transparent plates held a narrow distance apart, the mixture spontaneously forms alternating segregated layers. Using digital images taken with a CCD camera and Fourier transformed to obtain the structure function of the banding pattern, the wavelength selection mechanism and degree of segregation are studied as the plate separation of the Hele-Shaw cell is systematically increased. For a given flow rate, the degree of segregation, as reflected in the amplitude of the peak in the structure function, decreases as the plate separation increases. For wider plate spacings the peak in the structure function shifts to lower wavelengths. These results are compared to numerical simulations of the avalanche segregation using a stochastic sandpile model.
AB - When an initially homogeneous binary mixture of granular media such as fine and coarse sand is poured near the closed edge of a 'quasi-two-dimensional' Hele-Shaw cell consisting of two vertical transparent plates held a narrow distance apart, the mixture spontaneously forms alternating segregated layers. Using digital images taken with a CCD camera and Fourier transformed to obtain the structure function of the banding pattern, the wavelength selection mechanism and degree of segregation are studied as the plate separation of the Hele-Shaw cell is systematically increased. For a given flow rate, the degree of segregation, as reflected in the amplitude of the peak in the structure function, decreases as the plate separation increases. For wider plate spacings the peak in the structure function shifts to lower wavelengths. These results are compared to numerical simulations of the avalanche segregation using a stochastic sandpile model.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0030658645
VL - 463
SP - 319
EP - 324
JO - Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
JF - Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
SN - 0272-9172
T2 - Proceedings of the 1996 MRS Fall Meeting
Y2 - 2 December 1996 through 6 December 1996
ER -