Density-driven spontaneous streak segregation patterns in a thin rotating drum

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2014 Jun;89(6):062204. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062204. Epub 2014 Jun 13.

Abstract

Granular mixtures may segregate because of external driving forces, which play an important role in industry and geophysics. We investigate experimentally the mechanism of density-driven spontaneous streak segregation patterns in a thin rotating drum. We find that a spontaneous streak segregation pattern can occur in such a system, which we call a D-system. A phase diagram identifies three segregation pattern regimes in this study: the mixing regime, the core segregation regime, and the streak segregation regime.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Formaldehyde*
  • Friction
  • Glass*
  • Polypropylenes*
  • Rotation*
  • Stainless Steel*

Substances

  • Polypropylenes
  • Stainless Steel
  • Formaldehyde