A MONTE-CARLO STUDY OF GRANULAR RELAXATION

被引:35
作者
DUKE, TAJ [1 ]
BARKER, GC [1 ]
MEHTA, A [1 ]
机构
[1] INST FOOD RES, THEORY & COMPUTAT SCI GRP, NORWICH NR4 7UA, NORFOLK, ENGLAND
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 13卷 / 01期
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10.1209/0295-5075/13/1/004
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The experiments of Jaeger et al. provide the motivation for our investigation of relaxation in granular media. In this simulation, we model the effect of vibration on a granular pile as random noise in its interior: This idea, combined with others from a more microscopic viewpoint are used to investigate the rate of relaxation of the surface of the pile, where good agreement with experiment is obtained. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页数:6
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