Horizontal flow in a vertically vibrated granular layer--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Cai, H., & Miao, G. (2019). Horizontal flow in a vertically vibrated granular layer. Particuology, 46, 93-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2019.03.001

Horizontal flow in a vertically vibrated granular layer

Hui Cai ^a *, Guoqing Miao ^b

a School of Electrical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
b Institute of Acoustics and Key Laboratory of Modern Acoustics of Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

10.1016/j.partic.2019.03.001

Volume 46, October 2019, Pages 93-98

Received 17 August 2017, Revised 4 January 2018, Accepted 18 March 2019, Available online 14 June 2019, Version of Record 8 August 2019.

E-mail: caihui@ycit.edu.cn

Highlights

• Horizontal granular flow induced by a thermal ratchet is studied in experiments.

• Horizontal granular flow varies with time, space, and driving parameters.

• Exchange of horizontal momentum is thought responsible for the experimental findings.

Abstract

Motivated by the investigation of Brownian motors in excited granular materials that convert chaotic motion of granules into oriented motion of motors, we performed experimental studies to explore the horizontal flow in a vertically vibrated granular layer in an asymmetric periodic potential. The horizontal flow exhibits complex behaviors, considered as functions of time, space, and driving parameters, which are essentially caused by a thermal ratchet. We interpret our experimental findings in terms of the granular layer gaining, transferring and losing horizontal momentum through inelastic collisions.

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Keywords

Granular flow; Granular materials; Thermal ratchets

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