Period tripling causes rotating spirals in agitated wet granular layers

Pattern formation of a thin layer of vertically agitated wet granular matter is investigated experimentally. Rotating spirals with three arms, which correspond to the kinks between regions with different colliding phases, are the dominating pattern. This preferred number of arms corresponds to period tripling of the agitated granular layer, unlike predominantly subharmonic Faraday crispations in dry granular matter. The chirality of the spatiotemporal pattern corresponds to the rotation direction of the spirals.     

剪切振动下湿颗粒的力学谱

在恒温25 ℃剪切振动条件下,测量不同水分含量的NaCl湿颗粒体系的力学谱（能量耗散tanφ和剪切模量G）.研究发现,随着剪切振幅增大,NaCl湿颗粒体系的剪切模量G和能量耗散tanφ都表现出类似于干颗粒体系的阻塞（Jamming）转变行为.随着体系中水含量的增大,湿颗粒体系的剪切模量G和能量耗散tanφ在质量分数约等于11%的临界水浓度下均出现一个峰值,且峰位与应变振幅无关,表明此时颗粒之间主要的作用力发生了变化.     

海底沉积物上的声反射

本文将海底沉积物视为一种紧密的湿颗粒介质。声波在其中传播时将出现两个膨胀波和一个旋转波。考虑到这些特征,再假设海水与沉积物的界面是平的,导出了平面声波在其上的反射系数的表达式。文中就松散颗粒介质的情况对反射系数进行了简化,得出了前人用唯象理论所获得的结果。文末将理论与实验结果进行了比较,两者的一致性较好。     

Open problems in active chaotic flows: Competition between chaos and order in granular materials

There are many systems where interaction among the elementary building blocks-no matter how well understood-does not even give a glimpse of the behavior of the global system itself. Characteristic for these systems is the ability to display structure without any external organizing principle being applied. They self-organize as a consequence of synthesis and collective phenomena and the behavior cannot be understood in terms of the systems' constitutive elements alone. A simple example is flowing granular materials, i.e., systems composed of particles or grains. How the grains interact with each other is reasonably well understood; as to how particles move, the governing law is Newton's second law. There are no surprises at this level. However, when the particles are many and the material is vibrated or tumbled, surprising behavior emerges. Systems self-organize in complex patterns that cannot be deduced from the behavior of the particles alone. Self-organization is often the result of competing effects; flowing granular matter displays both mixing and segregation. Small differences in either size or density lead to flow-induced segregation and order; similar to fluids, noncohesive granular materials can display chaotic mixing and disorder. Competition gives rise to a wealth of experimental outcomes. Equilibrium structures, obtained experimentally in quasi-two-dimensional systems, display organization in the presence of disorder, and are captured by a continuum flow model incorporating collisional diffusion and density-driven segregation. Several open issues remain to be addressed. These include analysis of segregating chaotic systems from a dynamical systems viewpoint, and understanding three-dimensional systems and wet granular systems (slurries). General aspects of the competition between chaos-enhanced mixing and properties-induced de-mixing go beyond granular materials and may offer a paradigm for other kinds of physical systems. (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.     

静态堆积颗粒中的力链分布

颗粒物质是由众多离散颗粒组成的软凝聚态物质,涉及多个物理层次结构和机制,是多尺度问题. 首先阐述了颗粒物质多尺度力学的研究框架,指出颗粒间接触力链构成的细观尺度是核心,颗粒物质显示出的独特静态堆积特性和动态流变特性都与细观尺度力链的复杂演变规律直接相关. 围绕着定量描述力链特征这一目标,采用严格的球形颗粒Hertz法向接触理论和Mindlin-Deresiewicz切向接触理论,对重力作用下12000个球心共面的二维等径颗粒静态堆积进行了离散动力学模拟,对力链分布特征、接触力规律等做了量化分析,考察了颗粒 关键词： 颗粒物质 力链 离散模型 多尺度力学     

离散颗粒层被横向推移过程中的力学行为研究

研究发现,颗粒物质层被匀速推移挤压过程中,所需推移力先以线性规律增加,在某一确定点后,则会以指数规律增加.而颗粒物质是由众多离散颗粒组成的软凝聚态物质,其宏观上反映的是离散颗粒的个体性质和凝聚态物质的集体效应.颗粒与颗粒之间以及颗粒与边界之间的细观尺度接触力链的构成以及演变规律将会直接影响各种宏观受力情况,其摩擦力与挤压力便是力链的主要构成形式.围绕着定量描述细观力链特征,从而揭示力的变化规律这一目标,采用计算机模拟的方法,依照球形颗粒Hertz法向接触理论和Mindlin-Deresiewicz切向接触理论,对重力作用下不同数目的三维等径球体颗粒层的推移情况进行了离散元仿真模拟,量化分析了推移力变化规律、各摩擦力变化规律以及力链分布规律,发现摩擦力与挤压力在颗粒堆积的不同阶段对力链的构成起到了不同的主次作用,使得力链发生强弱演变,从而发现了推移颗粒物质层时推移力的变化规律及原因.这些结果有利于从力链角度揭示颗粒内部和颗粒与各边界之间的受力情况.     

Universal and non-universal aspects of wet granular matter under vertical vibrations

The phase diagram of vertically vibrated wet granular matter is investigated by both experiments and molecular dynamics type simulations, with a focus on the coexistence regime of the fluid and gas phases. Phase diagrams measured at various parameters including the rupture energy of liquid bridges, are presented. While for elastic grains, the transition from the fluid to the fluid-gas coexistence phase is found to be determined only by the rupture energy of liquid bridges [Fingerle et al. New J. Phys. 10, 053020 (2008)], inelasticity is found to introduce non-universal features into the phase diagram, which are also affected by the grain size.     

颗粒物质内自旋小球运动行为的数值模拟研究

针对大耳沙蜥在沙子中的运动行为,以球形物体为研究对象,利用3维离散元数值模拟程序LIGGGHTS模拟了旋转运动模式对颗粒物质中球形物体平动和上升/下降行为的影响,定量分析了旋转速度以及颗粒间摩擦系数等因素的具体影响.研究结果表明:球形物体与颗粒物质基底颗粒间的摩擦系数以及球形物体的自转角速度对球形物体的运动有明显影响,摩擦系数越大物体运动越明显,自转角速度越大物体运动越明显.该结果比较好地解释了沙漠生物外表具有鳞片的原因.     

Thermal conductivity associated with a bead-bead contact decorated by a liquid bridge

We report an experimental study of the heat transport along a chain of macroscopic beads: at one end, one bead is periodically heated and we record the resulting temperature variations of another bead as a function of position and time. The experimental results show that the chain behaves like a high-order low-pass filter. The measurement of the associated cut-off frequency makes it possible to determine accurately the resistance of the bead-bead contact: we make use of the experimental setup for studying the effects of liquid bridges decorating the bead-bead contacts, which provides important clues for understanding the thermal properties of partially wet granular matter.     

冲击荷载下颗粒物质缓冲性能的试验研究

颗粒物质是一种复杂的能量耗散体系. 颗粒间的摩擦和黏滞作用可使冲击荷载引起的能量有效衰减, 颗粒间的力链结构又可将瞬时局部冲击荷载进行空间扩展和时间延长, 达到良好的缓冲效果. 为研究颗粒物质对冲击荷载的缓冲性能, 本文采用重力作用下球体冲击筒内颗粒物质的试验系统, 研究了筒体底部作用力在颗粒材料、颗粒厚度等因素影响下的变化规律. 试验结果表明: 非规则颗粒具有更加良好的缓冲性能, 粗颗粒的缓冲性能略高于细颗粒. 颗粒厚度H是影响缓冲性能的重要因素, 并存在一个临界厚度H_c. 当H<H_c时, 缓冲性能随H的增加而增强; 当H>H_c时, H对缓冲效果的影响不再显著. 以上研究是在同一冲击能量下进行的, 而对于不同冲击能量下的H_c还需要深入开展. 通过颗粒物质对冲击荷载缓冲性能的试验研究, 可揭示颗粒材料的基本物理力学行为, 为其在缓冲减振领域中的应用提供依据.     

Couette颗粒系统中静态应力和侧压力系数的非线性弹性理论分析

经典弹性理论能否适用于静态颗粒物质是颗粒物理的一个基本问题.报道了非线性颗粒弹性方程对环柱几何(或称Couette几何)状样品中应力分布的计算结果.由于这些结果大都可在今后用实验直接测量,因而可将它们用于进一步判断这些弹性方程对颗粒材料的适用性以及澄清这个基本问题.另外,这些结果还可用于分析计算工程中的侧压力系数. 关键词： 颗粒物质 侧压力系数 非线性弹性理论     

Avalanche dynamics in wet granular materials

We have studied the dynamics of avalanching wet granular media in a rotating drum apparatus. Quantitative measurements of the flow velocity and the granular flux during avalanches allow us to characterize novel avalanche types unique to wet media. We also explore the details of viscoplastic flow (observed at the highest liquid contents) in which there are lasting contacts during flow, leading to coherence across the entire sample. This coherence leads to a velocity-independent flow depth at high rotation rates and novel robust pattern formation in the granular surface.     

Dynamics of wet granular matter

Recent advances in understanding model systems of wet granular materials are presented, with particular emphasis on statistical concepts, dynamics, and phase transitions. It is demonstrated that although wet granular systems are quite complex, their main features may be understood on the basis of rather simple concepts. The significance of these systems for investigating fundamental problems of non-equilibrium dynamics are shortly discussed.     

颗粒物质(上)

颗粒物质是地球上存在最多、最为人们所熟悉的物质类型之一．大量颗粒组成的离散态物质体系具有特别的性质和运动规律．颗粒物质表现出许多不同于固、液、气物质的奇特现象和独特的运动规律．由于对颗粒物质运动规律的理解具有重要科学意义和应用背景，近十年来颗粒物质研究逐步成为物理学研究中的一个活跃领域．文章综述了颗粒物质的一些主要特性，如颗粒物质的静态性质、振动行为、流动特性等，其中也包括文章作者的一些新近研究结果．限于篇幅，文章分为上、下两部分发表．第一部分在对颗粒物质作一般介绍后讨论颗粒物质的静态特性，第二部分则主要讨论颗粒物质振动时的行为和流动性质．     

Injection of granular material

Some civil engineering projects require the injection of granular matter such as sand into the ground. However, granular matter resists pumping through tubes and thus it is difficult to inject such matter into the ground. With the help of several methods forces and movements of grains were visualized. Force chains and arches in a two dimensional granular matter model were visualized with pola rized light and photo-elastic material. The movement of sand grains was visualized on a glass plate in a half-space ground model. With th e p article im age velocimetry (PIV) method the vector field of the movement and the field of the resulting shear rate were assessed. In this way a new method for the injection of granular material, such as, sand into the ground was devised. The method appears to be applicable to lift a building to counter subsidence.     

Capillarylike fluctuations at the interface of falling granular jets

We study the interface fluctuations of a granular jet falling under gravity and show that for small scales they are the analog of the thermally induced capillary waves. Experimental results from radial height and velocity fluctuations, static correlation functions and capillary ripple velocities allow us to estimate a granular surface tension. The ultralow interfacial tensions measured (of the order of 100 microN/m) can be rationalized using a simple model.     

Hard X-ray imaging for landslide research

Synchrotron phase-contrast hard X-ray imaging is used to provide highly efficient direct visualization of landslide dynamics and granular flows in fully wet granular piles. High penetration capability and phase-contrast enhancement of hard X-rays offer marked advantages in the precise tracking of individual granular movements through a thick water medium. It is revealed that the stress accumulation follows a power-law evolution while the relaxation follows an exponential one. The onset of landslide emerges at the trade-off of the two evolutions.     

颗粒物质的多尺度结构及其研究框架

颗粒物质力学的研究刚刚起步,目前很多方面还不完善.文章作者认为,该学科是应用性很强的基础学科,因此提出了从实际应用中去发现科学问题,进而促进颗粒物质力学基础理论发展的研究思路,并以土力学为例做了说明.土是岩石经风化作用,由重力、流水和风力等搬运和沉积而成的产物,是密集颗粒物质体系之一.土粒是构成土体骨架、传递载荷的基本单元,与颗粒间复杂分布的孔隙水、气体共同决定了土体的非线性本构关系、剪胀（剪缩）和应力路径相关等复杂特征.以研究密集分布颗粒体系的颗粒物质力学在近20年内得到充分发展,它侧重现象的机理分析和实验的精细检测,为土力学的基础研究提供了重要启示.基于文章作者多年土力学和颗粒物质力学的研究经验,提出了土体具有多尺度结构的观点：除微观的单颗粒尺度和宏观土体尺度外,细观尺度的力链是颗粒接触力传递的路径,是存在于土体内的相对稳定的结构体.建立了初步的理论研究框架,提出了力链网络的复杂动力学响应决定土体复杂本构关系的基本设想.下一阶段将从理论分析、物理试验和基于自主开发的颗粒离散元模拟3个方面进行研究,逐渐充实土力学多尺度理论体系,以期取得突破.     

垂直载荷下湿玻璃珠样品的声速和衰减测量及非线性声学响应

为了分析垂直载荷下颗粒物质的声速、声衰减系数、谐波非线性等特性,本工作采用飞行时间法测量了不同含水量下声速随压强的变化规律,并利用傅里叶变换法分析了干、湿玻璃珠样品的声衰减和非线性声学特性。结果表明:干、湿玻璃珠样品中的声速、声衰减系数以及谐波非线性均随压强呈幂律变化;湿颗粒样品中随着液体含量增多,声速逐渐增加,超声波透过湿颗粒样品时的能量耗散和非线性逐渐减小。分析原因表明,压强和孔隙流体改变了颗粒之间的接触分布,使得颗粒体系的声速、声衰减以及谐波非线性等特性都随之发生变化。