| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 249, 2021
Powders & Grains 2021 – 9th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
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| Article Number | 04004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Granular Gases | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124904004 | |
| Published online | 07 June 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124904004
Cluster dynamics in dense granular gases of rod-like particles
1
Institute of Physics, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Física y Matemática Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
* e-mail: dmitry.puzyrev@ovgu.de
Published online: 7 June 2021
Granular gases are interesting multiparticle systems which, irrespective of the apparent simplicity of particle interactions, exhibit a rich scenario of so far only little understood features. We have numerically investigated a dense granular gas composed of frictional spherocylinders which are excited mechanically by lateral vibrating container walls. This study was stimulated by experiments in microgravity on parabolic flights. The formation of spatial inhomogeneities (clusters) was observed in a region near the corners of the container, about halfway from the excitation plates. The particles in the clusters show a tendency to align parallel to the container walls, seemingly increasing the stabilizing effect of friction. The simulation results provide hints that the phase difference of the vibrations of the two excitation walls might affect the cluster dynamics.
A video is available at https://doi.org/10.48448/1tg1-2s71
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