An instrument for studying granular media in low-gravity environment

Granular materials; Experimental facilities; Gravitational stress; Low gravity environment; Parabolic flight; Performance characteristics; Proof of concept; Scientific objectives; Sound propagation; Liquid sloshing

Abstract :

[en] A new experimental facility has been designed and constructed to study driven granular media in a low-gravity environment. This versatile instrument, fully automatized, with a modular design based on several interchangeable experimental cells, allows us to investigate research topics ranging from dilute to dense regimes of granular media such as granular gas, segregation, convection, sound propagation, jamming, and rheology - all without the disturbance by gravitational stresses active on Earth. Here, we present the main parameters, protocols, and performance characteristics of the instrument. The current scientific objectives are then briefly described and, as a proof of concept, some first selected results obtained in low gravity during parabolic flight campaigns are presented. © 2018 Author(s).

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Physics

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Aumaître, S.; SPEC, DSM, CEA-Saclay, CNRS URA 2464, Gif-sur-Yvette, F-91191, France, Laboratoire de Physique, ENS Lyon, UMR-CNRS 5672, Lyon, F-69007, France

Behringer, R. P.; Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0305, United States

Cazaubiel, Annette; Université Paris Diderot, SPC, MSC, UMR 7057 CNRS, Paris, F-75013, France

Clément, E.; PMMH, ESPCI, UMR 7636 CNRS, Paris, F-75005, France

Crassous, J.; Université Rennes 1, IPR, UMR 6251 CNRS, Rennes, F-35042, France

Durian, D. J.; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396, United States

Falcon, Eric; Université Paris Diderot, SPC, MSC, UMR 7057 CNRS, Paris, F-75013, France

Fauve, S.; École Normale Supérieure, LPS, CNRS, UMR 8550, Paris, F-75005, France

Fischer, D.; IEP, Otto von Guericke Universität, Magdeburg, D-39106, Germany

Garcimartín, A.; DFMA, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, E-31080, Spain

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English

Title :

An instrument for studying granular media in low-gravity environment

Publication date :

2018

Journal title :

Review of Scientific Instruments

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0034-6748

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1089-7623

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American Institute of Physics Inc.

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