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Size segregation of intruders in perpetual granular avalanches
Benjy Marks,
Jon Alm Eriksen,
Guillaume Dumazer,
Bjørnar Sandnes,
Knut Jørgen Måløy,
Bjornar Sandnes 
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume: 825, Pages: 502 - 514
Swansea University Author:
Bjornar Sandnes
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DOI (Published version): 10.1017/jfm.2017.419
Abstract
Granular flows such as landslides, debris flows and avalanches are systems of particles with a large range of particle sizes that typically segregate while flowing. The physical mechanisms responsible for this process, however, are still poorly understood, and there is no predictive framework for as...
| Published in: | Journal of Fluid Mechanics |
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| ISSN: | 0022-1120 1469-7645 |
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2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34155 |
| Abstract: |
Granular flows such as landslides, debris flows and avalanches are systems of particles with a large range of particle sizes that typically segregate while flowing. The physical mechanisms responsible for this process, however, are still poorly understood, and there is no predictive framework for ascertaining the segregation behaviour of a given system of particles. Here, we provide experimental evidence of individual large intruder particles being attracted to a fixed point in a dry two-dimensional flow of particles of otherwise uniform size. A continuum theory is proposed which captures this effect using only a single fitting parameter that describes the rate of segregation, given knowledge of the bulk flow field. Predictions of the continuum theory are compared with the experimental findings, both for the typical location and velocity field of a range of intruder sizes. For large intruder particle sizes, the continuum model successfully predicts that a fixed point attractor will form, where intruders are drawn to a single location. |
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| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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502 |
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514 |