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Shear-Rate-Independent Diffusion in Granular Flows.

Yi Fan,P. Umbanhowar,J. Ottino,Richard M. Lueptow

Published 2015 in Physical Review Letters

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We computationally study the behavior of the diffusion coefficient D in granular flows of monodisperse and bidisperse particles spanning regions of relatively high and low shear rate in open and closed laterally confined heaps. Measurements of D at various flow rates, streamwise positions, and depths collapse onto a single curve when plotted as a function of γd2, where d is the local mean particle diameter and γ is the local shear rate. When γ is large, D is proportional to γd2, as in previous studies. However, for γd2 below a critical value, D is independent of γd2. The acceleration due to gravity g and particle stiffness (or, equivalently, the binary collision time t(c)) together determine the transition in D between regimes. This suggests that while shear rate and particle size determine diffusion at relatively high shear rates in surface-driven flows, diffusion at low shear rates is an elastic phenomenon with time and length scales dependent on gravity (sqrt d/g) and particle stiffness (t(c)sqrt(dg), respectively.

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