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Lecture 3 Rapid Granular Flow Applications
Anthony D. RosatoGranular Science Laboratory
ME DepartmentNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ, USA
Presented at the University of Salerno: May, 2011
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Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline
Application 1: Galton’s Board
Application 2: Vibrated Systems
Application 3: Couette Flows
Application 4: Intruder Dynamics in Couette Flows
Application 5: Density Relaxation -Continuous Vibrations
Application 6: Tapped Density Relaxation
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Application 1: Galton’s Board
Investigate the behavior of a single particle migrating under gravity through an ordered, planar array of rigid obstacles – a system known as a Galton’s board.
Examine subtle connections between the deterministic particle simulations, physical experiments, and discrete dynamical models
First step in a larger picture to extract generic dynamical features of granular flows through the analyses of “simple” models
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Historical Background
Sir Francis Galton (1822 – 1911): British scientist, Fellow of the Royal Society; Geographer, meteorologist, tropical explorer, founder of differential psychology, inventor of fingerprint identification, pioneer of statistical correlation and regression, convinced hereditarian, eugenicist, proto-geneticist, half-cousin of Charles Darwin and best-selling author. http://www.mugu.com/galton/start.html
Developed “board” to describe biological processes statistically
“I have no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.”
-- Francis Galton, Hereditary Genius
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Galton’s Board: EXPERIMENTS
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32
5
1
16pd
Rendering of the board depicting the pins, collection slots, traverse, location of the optical timer beams, and detail of the triangular lattice configuration of pins.
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Experimental Apparatus
Schematic of the automatic Galton Board data acquisition system (AGB). Balls fed from the supply hopper through a flexible tube are dropped one at a time using a system of solenoids. The residence time is recorded via an optical sensor (“stop eye”). The exit position is also recorded with an array of 49 custom-built optical cell detectors.
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Experimental Parameters
Materials of the sphereAluminumBrassStainless Steel
Release Height H (max = 15.53”)Board Tilt Angle 30o to 70o– measured from horizontal
Measurements MadeResidence Times
Distribution of Exit Positions
Computed Quantities
Average downward velocity (cm/sec)
Lateral dispersion (cm2/sec)
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Sampling of Experimental Results
Board Angle
Degree 70
Degree 60
Degree 50
Degree 40
Degree 30
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Ave
rage
Res
iden
ce T
ime
(sec
)
7
8
9
10
11
12
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Release Height (cm)
Average residence time Tav as a function of release height H for stainless steel spheres.
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Distribution of Exit Positions for Stainless Steel Spheres
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Lateral Dispersion or Diffusivity
Diffusion model [Bridgwater et al., Trans. Instn. Chem. Engrs. 49, 163-169 (1971) ]
- concentration of particles at (x, t) for an infinitely wide board ( , )c x t
- delta-distribution centered at x = 0 and height No o x2
2
o o
, 0,
( , ) 0, 0
( ,0) ( ),
lim x
c cD t x
t xc x t t
c x N x x
2 4o( , )2
x DtNc x t e
πDt
Solution …
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DtxerfNdzeDt
NtxN
x
x
Dtz 2 2
),( o4o 2
- number of particles in the interval [-x, x] ,N x t
D = 1.85 cm2/sec
Least squares fit of the stainless steel data (solid circles) to the model. Spheres were released from the top of the board set at = 70o. The origin of the x-axis denotes the center of the board.
Summary of Dispersion Results
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Sample Trajectories Generated by the Simulation
Figure 9: Three typical trajectories from the discrete element simulation ( = 70o) obtained by slightly varying the initial positions. Residence times are indicated for each trajectory. The center of the board is located at X = 0.2032 meters.
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Simulated Exit Position Distribution
Exit distribution of the number of particles for 1/8” spheres at board angle = 70o from simulation in which e = 0.6
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Lateral Dispersion Computed from Limiting Slope of Mean Square Displacement
(m2)
2 21lim 2.43 cm sec
2tD r
t
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Quantity Tav (s) V (cm/s) D (cm2/s)
Simulations ( = 70o) 7.12 5.6 2.43
Simulations ( = 90o) 6.70 5.92 1.48
Experiments ( = 70o)
Stainless Steel 7.22 5.49 1.85
Aluminum 6.84 5.77 1.96
Brass 6.81 5.79 2.085
Comparison of Simulated Results with Experiments
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Application 2: Vibrated Systems
Investigate macroscopic behavior of granular materials subjected to vibrations
Gravitationally loaded into a rectangular, periodic cell having an open top and plan floor
Vibrations imposed through sinusoidally oscillated floor
Compare with kinetic theory predictions
Compare with physical experiments
Y. Lan, A. Rosato, “Macroscopic behavior of vibrating beds of smooth inelastic spheres, Phys. Fluids 7 [8], 1818 (1995)
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Simulation Parameters
Geometry of Periodic Computational Cell
Steady state computations performed.
Spheres are smooth (no friction) and inelastic, obeying the soft contact laws of Walton and Braun.
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Steady-State Diagnostics
In computing depth profiles, the cell is partitioned into layers of thickness equal to approximately the particle diameter d.
Averaging layer
Instantaneous layer diagnostic: Mass-weighted average taken over all particles that occupy the layer at time t.
y
A layer is ‘identified’ by its center y-coordinate.
Long term cumulative mean velocity of layer-y taken over the time interval (to, t1).
Instantaneous fluctuating (or deviatoric velocity) of the ith particle in layer-y
AdNmt 62 Mass hold-up: bulk mass supported by the floor of cross-sectional area A
L Designates the long-term average
N = # of spheres
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Depth profile of the instantaneous RMS deviatoric velocity
Long-term cumulative, mass-weighted average deviatoric velocity depth profile
2),(3
1L
tyCT Granular Temperature depth profile
Measure of the kinetic energy per unit mass attributed to the particles’ fluctuating velocity components.
S. Ogawa, “Multi-temperature theory of granular materials”, Proceedings of the US-Japan Seminar on Continuum-Mechanical and Statistical Approaches in the Mechanics of Granular Materials, Tokyo, 1978, pp. 208-217.
dgyTyW /)()( Non-dimensional Granular Temperature depth profile
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Comparisons with Kinetic Theory of Richman and Martin
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Comparisons with Experiments of Hunt et al.
Simulation Parameters
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Paper lid
ta sin
M. Hunt et al., J. Fluids Eng. 116, pg. 785 (1994).
Relatively smooth spheres used in experiment136 grams of particles used, mt = 5.0
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Summary of Findings
The behavior of the system depends on the magnitude of the floor acceleration = a2/g
High accelerations: Dense upper region supported on a ‘fluidized’ lower-density region near the floor
Granular temperature is maximum near the floor and attenuates (upwards) towards the surface, and the solids fraction depth profiles peaks within the center of the system.
Lower Accelerations: Granular temperature does not decrease monotonically from the floor, and the solids fraction depth profile bulges near the floor. Upper region of the system is highly agitated.
For accelerations less than (approx.) 1.2, the steady-state height of the system remains constant.
For 1.2 < < 2.0: System undergoes a large vertical expansion.
Computed steady-state granular temperature and solids fraction profiles in good agreement with kinetic theory predictions when the system is sufficiently agitated, and with physical experiments.
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Convection in a Vibrated Vessel of Granular Materials
Continuously shake the vessel up and down. Particles will flow upwards near the walls and downward in the center.
Rough, inelastic spheres obeying the Walton & Braun soft-particle models.
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Velocity Field – Long-time Average Superimposed Trajectory of Large Intruder
Parameters b = 0.8, f = 7 Hz, a/d = 0.5, = 10
Width = 20d
SpheresVelocity
Y. Lan and A. D. Rosato, Phys. Fluids 9 (12), 3615-3624 (1997).
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0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Gamma
Avg
. Cn
v. V
el. (
m/s
x .0
1)
0.15
0.25
0.275
0.3
0.4
0.5
Poly. (0.15)
Poly. (0.25)
Poly. (0.275)
Poly. (0.3)
Poly. (0.4)
Poly. (0.5)
Average Convection Velocity as a Function of
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Long-term velocity field in a computational cell whose lateral walls are smooth (no friction). Notice the downward flow in the center and upward motion adjacent to the walls.
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Instantaneous velocity fields and sphere center projections for the 100d cell (f = 7 Hz, a/d = 0.5, = 10) reveals the formation of arches during the downwards motion of the floor. The dashed line represents the equilibrium position of the floor. Although the arches are not very distinct in (b), the corresponding instantaneous velocity field reveals a pattern where groups of particles are moving collectively towards or away from the floor. This has been marked by the arrows in (c) whose directions indicate the general sense of the flow at a time subsequent to that shown in (b).
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Comparison of trajectory of large intruder in a narrow and wide cell. Notice the re-entrainment in (b), while the intruder is trapped at the surface in (a).
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Summary of Findings
The onset of convection is controlled by (a/d) rather than by alone.
When the lateral walls are frictional, a long-term convective flow develops that is upward in the center of the cell and downward adjacent to the walls.
Reversal in the direction of the long-term convective flow occurs when the side-walls are smooth.
As the cell width (w/d) is increased, a visible pattern in the long-term velocity field is reduced and eventually it ceases to be evident.
Over the time scale of the period of vibration, adjacent internal convection fields with opposed circulations were visible. Averaging over long time scales caused these flow structures not to appear.
However, near the side walls, persistent vortex-like structures were attached, having a length scale that appeared to be of the same order as the height of the static system.
A single, large intruder sphere placed on the floor in the center of the system was carried up to the surface at nearly the same velocity as the mean convection. Upon reaching the surface, it migrated toward the side-walls. There it was either trapped, or re-entrained into the bed, depending on the width of the downward flow field near the wall relative to the particle diameter.
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Upper and lower bumpy walls move at constant velocity in opposite directions. Collisions with flow particles causes them to flow.
Application 3: Couette Flow
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General Features of the Flow- Steady-state Profiles -
VelocityGranular TemperatureSolids FractionPressure
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Average # of collisions/sec ~ 30 for each particle
Steady State
0.0
4.0
8.0
12.0
16.0
-0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4
V / U
Y /
d
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
0 30 60 90 120 150 180Average Number of Collisions
Vxm
ean
(d/s
)
1-topbdry2
3
4
5
6
7
8-middle
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Granular temperature - kinetic energy of the velocity fluctuations
Mean Velocity
''''''
3
1wwvvuuTt
vvv '
v Particle Velocity
v
“Peculiar” VelocityDimensionless
2
d
TT t
t
Effective shear rate = 2U/H
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0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
Tt
Y /
H
H=8d
H=16d
H=32d
Granular Temperature Profiles
U
uu
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
-1 -0.5 0 0.5 1
Y /
H
H=8d
H=16d
H=32d
= 0.45
Mean Velocity Profiles
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Solids Fraction Profiles
Y/H
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
H=16d
H=32d
45.0 bulk
N
i
N
jiijijii
k PPP1 2
11Fruuim
V
Pressure - Pyy
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9
P*
yy
Y/d
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Secondary Velocity Field
),( ),,( yxyxu v
2y/d
x/d
U
U
U = 8 d/s
H/d = 8
s/2
U
yuyxuyxu
,
,
Averaging layer used for profiles
y
x
z
H
Lx
x
y
Slab used to compute xv
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Figure 7: Plot of xv as a function of x/d (L/d = 64, s/2 ) showing development to the
steady state velocity. This appears in the inset, where the horizontal axis is 2x/d.
xv
t (s) x/d
Velocity field for U = 8 d/s (W/d=64)
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Auto-Correlation
FFT spectrum analysis
Peak at = 7.5 d
Peak at = =15 R
for U = 8 d/s (W/d=64) xv
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Wavelength vs. Effective Shear Rate
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
Effective shear rate
Wav
elen
gth
( / d
)
Figure 8: Wavelength/d of the convection cells as a function of effective shear rate for a fixed shear gap H/d = 8. The solid line is included to show the trend.
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Application 4: Intruder Dynamics in Couette Flows
- U
Intruder Properties• Different size, but
same density
• Different mass, but same size
• Different size, same mass
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= Intruder diameter/Flow particle diameter
m = Intruder mass/Flow particle mass
Size Ratio = D/d Mass Ratio m ~
1 1
1.5 3.375
2 8
3 27
Size and Mass Ratios
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0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0Size Ratio
Vav
U = 64 r/s
U = 32 r/s
U = 16 r/s
U = 64 r/s
U = 32 r/d
U = 16 r/s
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0 1 2 3 4Tc
(s)
U=64 r/s
U=32 r/s
U=16 r/s
(a) Crossing time Tc (seconds) versus at U = +/-16, 32, 64 r/s; (b) Average intruder velocity , where S is the distance traveled by the mass center from its initial position near the wall to the mid-plane of the cell.
cTSVav
Intruder Velocity and Mid-Plane Crossing Time
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0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0 20 40 60 80 100
Time (s)
Y / H
D / d = 1.0
Tc=48 s
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
0 20 40 60 80 100
Time (s)
Y /
H
D / d = 2.0Tc=14 s
= 1.0
Tc = Rise Time for the intruder to reach the middle layer from bottom.
= 2.0
As the relative size of the intruder increase, its rise time decreases.
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m m( ( )) /( 2* ( ))Y Y Y H Y Ym() - Closest distance possible between the center of the intruder and boundary plane
ffP
1)(
)lg(
)lg(
f
P
s/2
Y* Trajectory + Power Spectrum ( =1.0)
s/2
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Power spectrum of Intruder y-Trajectories
= D/d = -(2 + 1) P f-
1.0 0.7 -2.4 P f -2.4
2.0 0.9 -2.8 P f -2.8
3.0 1.06 -3.06 P f -3.06
Background: Noise Signals
ffP
1)(
)lg(
)lg(
f
P
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= 0 White noise
= 2 Brownian noise
(random walk)
= 1 1/f noise
(often in processes found in nature)
General Information on Noise
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= ½, Brownian Motion, is Hausdorff (or Hurst) exponent.
121 fPfffP
1)(
>1/2, persistence fBm (fractional Brownian motion), trend of motion at any time t is likely to be followed by a similar trend at next moment t+1.
<1/2, anti-persistence fBm (fractional Brownian motion), trend of motion at any time t is not likely to be followed by a similar trend at next moment t+1.
=1.0 =0.7, =2.0 =0.9, =3.0 =1.06
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= 1.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Frequency
Y /
H
D / d =1.0
= 1.5:
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Frequency
Y /
H
D / d =1.5
Intruder Histograms of its y-location
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Intruder Histograms - Continued
“Trapping” in region of low granular temperature
S. Dahl, C. Hrenya, Physics of Fluids 16, 1-24 (2004).
=2.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Frequency
Y / H
D / d =2.0
=3.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05
Frequency
Y /
H
D / d =3.0
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Net resultant force averaged over time interval
+ UZONE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
- U
X
Y
Fy Fnet
Fx
cN
j
jy
cnety F
tNtF
1
)(
1
is three orders of magnitude smaller than time scale over which the dynamics evolve, but much larger than the integration step.
22 HUd
tFtF nety
y
Normalized
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yF
yF
yV
yV
Evolution of yF and yV
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Figure 14: Steady state graphs of rmsyF (left) and rms
yV (right) versus size . Correlation coefficients
R2 are shown for each fitted curve.
F yrms
= 0.0772 + 0.0114
R 2 = 0.9931
0.00
0.05
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0 1 2 3
(Fy )
rms V y
rms = 0.2023-1.2731
R 2 = 0.9925
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
0.50
0 1 2 3
Vyrm
s
Root-mean-square force and Velocity versus
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Procedure: Vary particle density and maintain size ratio = 1
= Intruder diameter / flow particle diameter
m = Mass Intruder / Mass of flow particles = 0.45
= constant
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Vyr
ms
( d /
s )
Original System: Vary size ratio and maintain constant particle density .
How does particle mass affect the fluctuation velocity in the direction perpendicular to the shear?
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= 1
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
0 5 10 15m
Vyr
ms
( d
/ s
)
Vary mass ratio m and maintain size ratio .
m = 1
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
Vyr
ms
( d /
s )
Vary size ratio and maintain mass ratio m.
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0
500
1000
1500
-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6
V yrms ( d / s )
His
t(V
y)
m=27.0
m=1.0
m=8.0
m=3.375
m=0.5
Progression of Velocity Distributions for = 1
An increase in particle mass results in a narrower velocity distribution (qualitative agreement with the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution).
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Application 5: Density Relaxation Under Continuous Vibrations
• After exposure to vibrations or taps, a bulk solid can attain an increase in density. This phenomenon is often referred to as “density relaxation” or “densification”.
• Its occurrence depends on the behavior induced in the material, which in turn is influenced by particle properties, vessel geometry and wall conditions, strength of the vibrations, and the initial or “poured” state of the material.
• The importance of understanding densification is pertinent to solids handling industries in which vibrations are often used to enhance the processing of large quantities of bulk materials.
• Density relaxation’s historical background can be traced in the literature on the packing of spheres and disks (Appendix L3-A)
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Cylinder
Power Amplifier
Controller
AmplifierShaker
Accelerometer
Acrylic spheres: d = 1/8″
= 1200 kg/m3
Frequency: 25 – 100 Hz
Amplitude (a/d): 0.04 – 0.24
: 0.94 – 11.0 (relative acceleration)
T = 10 minutes (vibration duration)Aspect Ratio: D/d ~ 20
“Maximum” Solids Fraction: = 0.6366 ± 0.0005 for uniform spheresG.D.Scott, D.M.Kilgour, British Journal of Applied Physics,1969.
Densification Experiments: Uniform Spheres
Details →
D. J. D’Appolonia, and E. D’Apolonia, Proc.3rd Asian Reg. Conf. on Soil Mechanics, 1266~1268, Jerusalem Academic Press (1967).
R. Dobry and R. V. Whitman, “Compaction of Sand …”, ASTM STP 523, 156~170, ASTM, Philadelphia (1973).
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Details of the Experimental Procedure …
Pour Slice Vibrate
Compute bulk solids fraction and improvement in solids fraction.
d = 0.125 inch
Solids Fraction
Improvement in Solids Fraction = 1001
poured
relaxed
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Data points are averages of 4 trialsRelative Acceleration
Sol
ids
Fra
ctio
n
Impr
ovem
enti
nS
olid
sF
ract
ion
(%)
2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5 6
0.605
0.61
0.615
0.62
0.625
0.63
0.635
0.64
0
1
2
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4
5a/d=0.24
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2 4 6 8 10 12
2 4 6 8 10 12
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0.616
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0.624
0.628
0.632
0.636
0.64
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
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a/d=0.16
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nSol
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0.64
0
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1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
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a/d=0.04
Relative Acceleration
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2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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0.61
0.615
0.62
0.625
0.63
0.635
0
1
2
3
4
5a/d=0.06
Results: Systems vibrated for 10 minutes
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Do Simulations Results Agree with Physical Experiments ?
Comparisons: Poured Bulk Density
Vibrated Bulk Density
Some Background ….
1944: Oman & Watson [Natl. Patrol. News 36, R795-R802 (1944)] coined the terms random “random dense” and “random loose” to describe the two limiting cases of random, uniform sphere packings.
1960: Scott carried out a number of different experiments with 3mm steel ball bearings to study dense & loose random packings … Spherical containers and N steel ball bearing: He plotted packing fraction vs. system size and extrapolated …
-loose = 0.59 -dense = 0.63
1969: G.D.Scott, D.M.Kilgour, British Journal of Applied Physics
= 0.6366 ± 0.0005 for uniform spheres1997: E. R. Nowak, M. Povinelli, et al., Powders & Grains 97, (Balkema, Durham, NC, 1997), pp. 377 - 380.
= 0.656 for vibrated column (d/D ~ 9) of uniform spheresSelect literature: Sphere packing
d
Z
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H
L
W
Y
x
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Select Literature on Packing of Spheres
Coord. No. Solids Fraction System Reference 0.601 0.001/ 0.637 0.001
Steel spheres in cylinder Scott (1960)
0.625 Steel spheres in glass container McGeary (1961)
0.6366 0.004 Steel spheres in cylinder Finney
6.1 0.59 Computer Tory, et al. (1968)
0.628 Computer Adams & Matheson (1972)
6.0 0.61 Computer Bennett (1972)
6.4 0.582 Computer Visscher & Bolsterli (1972)
6.01 0.58 Computer Tory, Church, et al. (1973)
6.0 0.606 0.006 Computer Matheson (1974)
6.0 0.6099 / 0.6472 Statistical Model Gotoh & Finney (1974)
6.0 0.59 0.01 Computer Powell (1980)
6.0 0.58 0.05 Computer Rodriguez, et al. (1986)
0.634 Computer Mason (1967)
0.582 Computer Gotoh, Jodrey & Tory (1978)
5.64 0.6366 Computer Jodrey & Tory (1981)
0.610 – 0.658 Computer Zhang & Rosato (2004)
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0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25
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0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04
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0.62
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Solids fraction as a function of the inverse aspect ratio (d/L) for a system of particles with friction coefficient = 0.1. The inset shows the extrapolated value 0.6102 as d/L → 0.
Extrapolated solids fraction for infinitely wide container in good agreement with experiments reported in literature.
depends on →
= 0.6102
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Friction Coefficient
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0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8
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0.57
0.58
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0.6
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0.56
0.57
0.58
0.59
0.6
Variation of the solids fraction with friction coefficient (d/L = 0.1064, N = 600). Each point of the curve represents an average taken over 10 realizations, while the bars show the deviation.
Particles that are more frictional produce a less dense structure after pouring because of formation of bridges among particles.
As increases, there is approximately a 7% reduction in . At = 0, the solids fraction is within the range of values normally ascribed for a loose or poured random packing of smooth spheres, i.e., approximately between 0.59 to 0.608.
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Simulated Random Dense Packing
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30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
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a=0.01' 'a=0.02' 'a=0.03' 'a=0.04' 'a=0.06' 'a=0.005' '
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0 5 10 15
0 5 10 15
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0.645
0.65
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0.64
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0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.1 0.11
0.654
0.656
0.658
0.66
0.662
0.664
0.666
0.668
0.67
0.654
0.656
0.658
0.66
0.662
0.664
0.666
0.668
0.67 = 0.6582 is the solids fraction of random dense packing, in good agreement with the experimental result of Nowak et al. (0.656)
Simulated Trends
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Simulated Trends versus Frequency ….
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%)
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
25 50 75
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2
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%)
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
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0.594
0.596
0.598
0.6
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0.604
0.606
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0.61
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3
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5
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%)
0 20 40 60 80
0 20 40 60 80
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30 40 50 60 70 80 90
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
0.57
0.572
0.574
0.576
0.578
0.58
0.582
0.584
0.586
0.588
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
a/d=0.24
a/d=0.48
a/d=0.08
a/d=0.02
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20 40 60 80
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0.03
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0.05
0.06
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0.08
0.09
0.1
0.11
0.12
0.459431 1.39462 2.32982 3.26501 4.20021
Simulated Densification Phase Map: L/d = 25, N = 8000
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L. Vanel, A. Rosato, R. Dave, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1255 (1997).
Cylinder
Power Amplifier
Controller
AmplifierShaker
Accelerometer
Experimental Evidence
Small amplitudes a/d < 0.25, and high frequencies (40 – 80 Hz)
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Taps applied
Rearrangement of particle positions so that
the bulk density of the material increases.
System is compacted
“Package sold by weight, not volume.Contents may settle during shipment.”
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The study of density relaxation has its foundations in the extensive literature on the packing of circles and spheres
1611: Kepler - Geometry of the snowflake
1665: Robert Hook - Circle and sphere packings
1694: Gregory, a Scottish astronomer, suggested that 13 rigid uniform spheres could be
packed around a sphere of the same size
1727: Hales - Packing of dry peas pressed into a container
1887: Thompson - How to fill Euclidean space using truncated octahedrons
1899: Slichter – Found analytical expressions for the porosity in beds of uniform spheres
1932: Hilbert - Found a structure for which m=0.123
1933: Heesch and Laves: Created a stable arrangement of spheres with m= 0.056
1944: Oman & Watson: ‘Loose’ and ‘dense’ random packing of spheres
1951: Stewart - Consolidated state of optimal bulk density
Much more …
Apollonian Gasket
Boyd, D. W. "The Residual Set Dimension of the
Apollonian Packing." Mathematika 20, 170-174, 1973.
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OBJECTIVE: Model the behavior of tapped a system of particles to understand its evolution from a loose, disordered configuration to a dense structure exhibiting order.
Number of particles: 3,456
Periodic BC in lateral dimensions
d=0.02m
Restitution coefficiente= 0.9
Particle-particle frictionp=0.1
Particle material density= 1.2 g/cm3
Integration Time step ~ 10-5 s
Parameters for discrete element simulation
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Simulation Procedure
Randomly place spheres (diameter d) into the periodic volume
Turn on gravity – spheres collapse to a loose, random structure (pour)
Apply discrete tap of amplitude a/d and frequency f.
Allow system to relax until quiescent.
Kinetic Energy ~ 0
System tapped Particles bounce back
a/d = 0.4; f = 7.5 Hz
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sin 2 1 , ;( )
0, otherwise
, relaxation time, tapping time
p C C p C
C p b p b
a f t t i t t i t t i ty t
t t t t t
22 24 1.35
a af
g g
Dimensionless acceleration
Tapping Sequence: Motion of the Plane Floor
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The vertical positions of particles in a given layer (y i/d) after tap are monitored
System Response to Taps
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Data points are averages over 20 realizations.
Red lines are error bars.
Particle that are more frictional produce a less dense structure after pouring because of formation of bridges among particles.
McGeary (1961): Steel spheres in glass cylinder
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Number of particle centers inside a layer of thickness H normalized by the total number of system particles
Distribution of Particle Centers
Ordering adjacent to plane floor
Poured System
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Center Distribution averaged over 10 consecutive taps
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Evidence of a Critical Displacement Amplitude
Monte Carlo simulation results strongly suggest that there is a critical displacement amplitude that promotes an optimal evolution to a dense structure.
Although not presented here, similar findings were observed in DEM simulations.
O.Dybenko, A. Rosato, V. Ratnaswamy, D. Horntrop, L. Kondic, “Density Relaxation by Tapping”, in preparation.
Before TapMC Simulated Tap Applied
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Evolution of Structure: Effect of Displacement Amplitude
Hzf 5.7
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Evolution of Structure: Effect of Displacement Amplitude
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Summary - Conclusions
Upward progression of “organized” layers induced by the plane floor as the taps evolve.
Evidence of a critical tap intensity that optimizes the evolution of packing density.
Discrete element model reveals the mechanism…
The configuration of the particles plays an important role in how the system evolves, rather than solely the value of the bulk solids fraction.
The parameter space of factors affecting the process is large: tap amplitude, frequency, acceleration, particle properties, mass overburden, container aspect ratio
Four time scales: particle collision duration (t ~ 10-5 s), period of applied tap, single-tap system relaxation time, long-time relaxation scale
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1611 Kepler [1]: Interested in the geometry of the snowflake
1665 Hooke [2]: Studied the packing of circles and spheres
1727 Hales [3]: A botanist who carried out an experimental investigation of the packing of dry peas pressed in a container – forming fairly regular polyhedra, which he erroneously assumed were regular dodecahedra. The experiment is known as the “peas of Buffon” (based on similar experiments done by Comte de Buffon in 1753).
1694 Gregory [1]: Hypothesizes that 13 rigid uniform spheres can be packed around another sphere of the same size. (Newton’s conjecture was 12)
1963 Proved that adequate space for 13.397 spheres exists around a single sphere, BUT this arrangement is impossible (1956, Leech [7]).
1939 Marvin [2]: Repeated Hales’ experiment by applying pressure on uniform lead shot
Close-packed initial configuration particles formed into regular dodecahedron (12 faces, each a rhombus)
Randomly poured initial configuration predominant structure was irregular 14-faced polyhedra, and no rhombic dodecahedra.
1883 Barlow [8]: Found hexagonal close packing where each sphere touches 12 others.
[1] Scottish astronomer (1661-1708)
[2] Also by Matzke [5]
Rhombic Dodecahedron 12 faces
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1887 Thompson: How to fill Euclidean space without voids can be done using truncated octahedral (14 faces = 6 squares + 8 hexagons)
1899 Slichter: Studied porosity and channels in bed of uniform spheres. 1st attempt to find analytical expressions.
“Practical Issue” - How dense can uniform spheres be packed?
1958 Rogers [11]: If there was a regular arrangement of uniform spheres more dense than that of a hexagonal close packing (), it’s packing fraction could be no larger than
Alternative: What is the minimal solids fraction of rigid assembly of uniform spheres?
Rigidity Each sphere must touch at least 4 others, and the points of contact must not lie all in one plane.
1932 Hilbert [12] found “loosest” packing with = 0.123
1933 Heesch & Laves [13] found looser packing with = 0.056.
1944: Oman & Watson * coined the terms random “random dense” and “random loose” to describe the two limiting cases of random, uniform sphere packings.
* A. O. Oman & K. M. Watson, “Pressure drops in granular beds,” Natl. Patrol. News 36, R795-R802 (1944).
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1960: Scott carried out a number of different experiments with 3mm steel ball bearings to study dense & loose random packings …
Spherical containers and N steel ball bearing: He plotted packing fraction vs. and extrapolated to large N.
loosedense
Pouring into cylindrical containers followed by 2 minutes of shaking to obtain dense random packing
Cylinder rotated about horizontal axis to obtain loose random packing.
Studies were also carried out in cylinders of various heights.
1969: Scott* carried out improved experiments for the solids fraction of a dense random packing.
dense
G. D. Scott and D. M. Kilgour, “The density of random close packing of spheres,” Brit. J. Appl. Phys. (J. Phys. D) 2, 863-866 (1969).
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Appendix L3-B: Basic Terminology on Packing
Vb : = Bulk volume
Vp : = Volume of particles
rp = Particle density
e = Fractional voidage (void fraction) (1)
= Voids ratio (2)
eA = Fractional Free Area = Ratio of the free area in a plane parallel to the layers in regular packing to the total
area of the plane
= Solids fraction = Vp/Vb (3)
b = Bulk density = Weight of the particles/Vb = pVp/Vb
Substitute Vp = Vb(1-e) obtained from (1) into the above …
b = p (1 - e) (4)
Vs = Apparent specific volume (5)
The void ratio e can be expressed in terms of e as follows:
Substitute Vb/Vp = 1/(1 - e) obtained from (1) into (2)
(6)
ee
e
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)1(11
eb
p