Experimental study of a granular gas fluidized by vibrations

dc.creatorFalcon, Eric
dc.creatorFauve, Stephan
dc.creatorLaroche, Claude
dc.date2000-09-12
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:38:42Z
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dc.descriptionWe report experimental results on the behavior of an ensemble of inelastically colliding particles, excited by a vibrated piston in a vertical cylinder. When the particle number is increased, we observe a transition from a regime where the particles have erratic motions (granular "gas") to a collective behavior where all the particles bounce like a nearly solid body. In the gaslike regime, we measure the pressure at constant volume, and the bed expansion at constant external pressure, as a function of the number N of particles. We also measure the density of particles as a function of the altitude, and find that the "atmosphere" is exponential far enough from the piston. From these three independent measurements, we determine a "state equation" between pressure, volume, particle number and the vibration amplitude and frequency.
dc.description10 pages, 8 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009172
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009172
dc.identifierLecture Notes in Physics, S. Luding and T. Poschel (Eds.), Granular Gases, Springer-Verlag, pp. 182 - 191 (2000)
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16766
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleExperimental study of a granular gas fluidized by vibrations
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