Avalanche mixing of granular solids in a rotating 2D drum: diffusion and fractionality
Dorogovtsev, S. N.
arXiv, 9807386 / Harvested from arXiv
The dynamics of the avalanche mixing in a slowly rotated 2D upright drum is studied in the situation where the difference $\delta$ between the angle of marginal stability and the angle of repose of the granular material is finite. An analytical solution of the problem is found for a half filled drum, that is the most interesting case. The mixing is described by a simple linear difference equation. We show that the mixing looks like linear diffusion of fractions under consideration with the diffusion coefficient vanishing when $\delta$ is an integer part of $\pi$. The characteristic mixing time tends to infinity in these points. A full dependence of the mixing time on $\delta$ is calculated and predictions for an experiment are made.
Publié le : 1998-07-29
Classification:  Condensed Matter,  Mathematical Physics
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     title = {Avalanche mixing of granular solids in a rotating 2D drum: diffusion and
  fractionality},
     journal = {arXiv},
     volume = {1998},
     number = {0},
     year = {1998},
     language = {en},
     url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/9807386}
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Dorogovtsev, S. N. Avalanche mixing of granular solids in a rotating 2D drum: diffusion and
  fractionality. arXiv, Tome 1998 (1998) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/9807386/