From jamming to fast compaction dynamics in granular binary mixtures

[en] Mixing particles of different sizes is an efficient method to increase the density of granular media. While the density of mixtures made of two sizes of glass beads has been highly studied, the dynamics of the compaction process remains poorly investigated. In our study, we measured the typical compaction time for various mixtures depending on the size ratio and the relative fraction of small and large beads. We observed a diverging behaviour of the compaction time close to the percolation threshold and we highlighted a fast compaction dynamics when the size ratio is large enough.

Research Center/Unit :

GRASP

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Pillitteri, Salvatore ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Lumay, Geoffroy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique expér. de la matière molle et des syst. complexes

Opsomer, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Vandewalle, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique

Language :

English

Title :

From jamming to fast compaction dynamics in granular binary mixtures

Publication date :

13 May 2019

Journal title :

Scientific Reports

eISSN :

2045-2322

Publisher :

Nature Publishing Group, London, United Kingdom

Volume :

Pages :

7281

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Name of the research project :

PowderReg

Commentary :

This study is conducted in the framework of the PowderReg project, funded by the European programme Interreg VA GR within the priority axis 4 "Strengthen the competitiveness and the attractiveness of the Grande Région/Grobregion".

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