Kinetic theory applied to pressure-controlled shear flows of frictionless spheres between rigid, bumpy planes
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| author | Vescovi, Dalila de Wijn, Astrid S. Cross, Graham L. W. Berzi, Diego |
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| contents | We numerically investigate, through discrete element simulations, the steady flow of identical, frictionless spheres sheared between two parallel, bumpy planes in the absence of gravity and under a fixed normal load. We measure the spatial distributions of solid volume fraction, mean velocity, intensity of agitation and stresses, and confirm previous results on the validity of the equation of state and the viscosity predicted by the kinetic theory of granular gases. In a first, we also directly measure the spatial distributions of the diffusivity and the rate of collisional dissipation of the fluctuation kinetic energy, and successfully test the associated constitutive relations of the kinetic theory. We then phrase and numerically integrate a system of differential equations governing the flow, with suitable boundary conditions, and show a remarkable qualitative and quantitative agreement with the results of the discrete simulations in terms of the dependence of the profiles of the hydrodynamic fields, the ratio of shear stress-to-pressure and the gap between the bumpy planes on the coefficient of collisional restitution, the imposed load and the bumpiness of the planes. Finally, we propose a criterion to predict, on the basis of the solution of the boundary-valued problem, the critical value of the imposed load above which crystallization may occur. This notably reproduces what we observe in the discrete simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | Kinetic theory applied to pressure-controlled shear flows of frictionless spheres between rigid, bumpy planes Vescovi, Dalila de Wijn, Astrid S. Cross, Graham L. W. Berzi, Diego Soft Condensed Matter We numerically investigate, through discrete element simulations, the steady flow of identical, frictionless spheres sheared between two parallel, bumpy planes in the absence of gravity and under a fixed normal load. We measure the spatial distributions of solid volume fraction, mean velocity, intensity of agitation and stresses, and confirm previous results on the validity of the equation of state and the viscosity predicted by the kinetic theory of granular gases. In a first, we also directly measure the spatial distributions of the diffusivity and the rate of collisional dissipation of the fluctuation kinetic energy, and successfully test the associated constitutive relations of the kinetic theory. We then phrase and numerically integrate a system of differential equations governing the flow, with suitable boundary conditions, and show a remarkable qualitative and quantitative agreement with the results of the discrete simulations in terms of the dependence of the profiles of the hydrodynamic fields, the ratio of shear stress-to-pressure and the gap between the bumpy planes on the coefficient of collisional restitution, the imposed load and the bumpiness of the planes. Finally, we propose a criterion to predict, on the basis of the solution of the boundary-valued problem, the critical value of the imposed load above which crystallization may occur. This notably reproduces what we observe in the discrete simulations. |
| title | Kinetic theory applied to pressure-controlled shear flows of frictionless spheres between rigid, bumpy planes |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17397 |