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Particle Trajectories and Segregation in a Two-Dimensional Rotating Drum

Europhysics Letters (EPL)Published 20 July 1994
G. W. Baumann, Imre M. Jánosi, Dietrich E. Wolf
Citations42
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SJR score0.48
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Abstract

The size segregation phenomenon of granular materials in a two-dimensional rotating drum is simulated very efficiently using a simplified deterministic model. We demonstrate ergodicity in the sense that the statistical properties of a particle trajectory reflect the behaviour of the whole assembly. Segregation is shown to occur in a bidisperse system even if the radii of the particles are very similar (ratio as big as 0.9).

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Materials ScienceEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy