Asymmetric and long range interactions in shaken granular media

We use a computational model to investigate the emergence of interaction forces between pairs of intruders in a horizontally vibrated granular fluid. The time evolution of a pair of particles shows a maximum of the likelihood to find the pair at contact in the direction of shaking. This relative int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Codina Sala, Joan, Pagonabarraga Mora, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/149233
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/149233
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Processos estocàstics
Mecànica estadística del no equilibri
Materials granulars
Stochastic processes
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Granular materials
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Sumario:We use a computational model to investigate the emergence of interaction forces between pairs of intruders in a horizontally vibrated granular fluid. The time evolution of a pair of particles shows a maximum of the likelihood to find the pair at contact in the direction of shaking. This relative interaction is further studied by fixing the intruders in the simulation box where we identify effective mechanical forces and torques between particles and quantify an emergent long range attractive force as a function of the shaking relative angle, the amplitude, and the packing density of grains. We determine the local density and kinetic energy profiles of granular particles along the axis of the dimer to find no gradients in the density fields and additive gradients in the kinetic energies.