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Autori principali: Chen, Yu, Wei, Deheng, Suo, Si, Dong, Mingrui, Gan, Yixiang
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14287
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author Chen, Yu
Wei, Deheng
Suo, Si
Dong, Mingrui
Gan, Yixiang
author_facet Chen, Yu
Wei, Deheng
Suo, Si
Dong, Mingrui
Gan, Yixiang
contents Density-driven segregations, extensively studied in a simple rotating drum, are enriched with a wide range of underlying physics. Diverse symmetrical segregation patterns formed by mixing two types of dry mono-sized grains have been revealed due to variations in heavy and light grain densities, $ρ_h$ and $ρ_l$, and rotating speeds, $ω$. We engender experimentally a nearly complete segregation, not occurring in dry conditions of the same $ρ_h$, $ρ_l$, and $ω$, in submerged states. Further, based on the experiment-validated simulations, using coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method, it is found the mixing index can be well predicted over a wide parameter space in the effective density ratio, $D=(ρ_h-ρ_f)/(ρ_l-ρ_f)$ with $ρ_f$ being the fluid density. Specifically, with increasing $D$ well-mixed states transit to fully-segregated states with a rising number of vortices and severer asymmetrical patterns. When the global Reynolds number $\mathrm{Re}_g$ is enlarged, the vortex area of heavy particles shrinks for lower $D$, while the area of light particles gradually saturates; meanwhile, for higher $D$ a new vortex with a continuously expanded area can be encountered in the light particle zone. These results improve our understanding of segregation transitions especially in submerged granular systems and shed new light on various science and engineering practices.
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spellingShingle Nearly Complete Segregation of Submerged Grains in a Rotating Drum
Chen, Yu
Wei, Deheng
Suo, Si
Dong, Mingrui
Gan, Yixiang
Soft Condensed Matter
Density-driven segregations, extensively studied in a simple rotating drum, are enriched with a wide range of underlying physics. Diverse symmetrical segregation patterns formed by mixing two types of dry mono-sized grains have been revealed due to variations in heavy and light grain densities, $ρ_h$ and $ρ_l$, and rotating speeds, $ω$. We engender experimentally a nearly complete segregation, not occurring in dry conditions of the same $ρ_h$, $ρ_l$, and $ω$, in submerged states. Further, based on the experiment-validated simulations, using coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method, it is found the mixing index can be well predicted over a wide parameter space in the effective density ratio, $D=(ρ_h-ρ_f)/(ρ_l-ρ_f)$ with $ρ_f$ being the fluid density. Specifically, with increasing $D$ well-mixed states transit to fully-segregated states with a rising number of vortices and severer asymmetrical patterns. When the global Reynolds number $\mathrm{Re}_g$ is enlarged, the vortex area of heavy particles shrinks for lower $D$, while the area of light particles gradually saturates; meanwhile, for higher $D$ a new vortex with a continuously expanded area can be encountered in the light particle zone. These results improve our understanding of segregation transitions especially in submerged granular systems and shed new light on various science and engineering practices.
title Nearly Complete Segregation of Submerged Grains in a Rotating Drum
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.14287