Rheological properties of dense granular flows

Recent progresses in understanding the behavior of dense granular flows are presented. After presenting a bulk rheology of granular materials, I focus on the new developments to account for non-local effects, and on ongoing research concerning the surface rheology and the evolution of mechanical properties for heterogeneous systems.     

Kinetic theory for sheared granular flows

Rapid granular flows are far-from-equilibrium-driven dissipative systems where the interaction between the particles dissipates energy, and so a continuous supply of energy is required to agitate the particles and facilitate the rearrangement required for the flow. This is in contrast to flows of molecular fluids, which are usually close to equilibrium, where the molecules are agitated by thermal fluctuations. Sheared granular flows form a class of flows where the energy required for agitating the particles in the flowing state is provided by the mean shear. These flows have been studied using the methods of kinetic theory of gases, where the particles are treated in a manner similar to molecules in a molecular gas, and the interactions between particles are treated as instantaneous energy-dissipating binary collisions. The validity of the assumptions underlying kinetic theory, and their applicability to the idealistic case of dilute sheared granular flows are first discussed. The successes and challenges for applying kinetic theory for realistic dense sheared granular flows are then summarised.     

Kinetic theory of granular shear flow: Constitutive relations for the hard-disk model

A kinetic theory for the constitutive Theological relations of rapid granular shear flow of hard circular disks, characterized by a coefficient of restitutione and a surface roughness coefficient, is formulated. From a set of general constitutive equations for single-particle dynamical variables, the approximate expressions for the limit of small and large dimensionless dissipative parameterR _t are obtained. HereR _t is defined as the ratio /, where is the fluctuation of translational velocity from the mean flow velocity, is the diameter of a disk, and is the shear rate. At smallR _t the theoretical predictions can be compared with exact computer simulation results of granular dynamics that are also reported. The agreement between theory and simulation is better than expected; the present theory is accurate up to high packing density in this region ofR _t .     

准静态颗粒流流动规律的热力学分析

本文分析了颗粒流的介观结构及其特征,提出了颗粒流的双颗粒温度概念Tkin和Tconf,表征颗粒无序运动和构型无序演化的程度;进而作为非平衡变量,与经典非平衡热力学(classical irreversible thermodynamics,CIT)变量共同构成颗粒流的热力学状态变量集,确定了颗粒流的能量转换规律和熵产生率等,发展了颗粒流双颗粒温度(two granular temperate,TGT)模型.以体积恒定的简单剪切准静态颗粒流为例,结合离散元模拟(discrete element method,DEM),确定了双颗粒温度模型所需的材料参数,分析了颗粒流发展段的规律和稳恒段的有效摩擦系数.     

Regularization of the Burnett equations for rapid granular flows via relaxation

In [J. Fluid Mech. 361 (1998) 41] Sela and Goldhirsch have used the Chapman–Enskog expansion to derive constitutive relations for the pressure deviator P, heat flux q, and rate of energy loss Γ for rapid flows of smooth inelastic spheres. Unfortunately as in the classical Chapman–Enskog expansion for elastic spheres any truncation of the expansion beyond Navier–Stokes order (n=1) will possess unphysical instabilities. In this paper we propose a visco-elastic relaxation approximation that eliminates the instability paradox for all wave numbers, and provide a system of local equations allowing robust numerical approximations of gas dynamics valid to the Burnett order. This system is weakly parabolic, has a linearly hyperbolic convection part, and is endowed with a generalized entropy inequality in the case of purely elastic collisions, thus it is linearly stable for all wave numbers. It agrees with the solution of the Boltzmann equation up to the Burnett order via the Chapman–Enskog expansion.     

Collisional source of the second moment and pressure tensor for inhomogeneous rapid granular flows of highly inelastic spheres

By extending the constitutive theories for homogeneous granular flows of highly inelastic spheres by Richman (J. Rheol 33 (1989) 1293), Chou (J. CSME 16-6 (1995) 577), and Chou and Richman (Physica A 259 (1998) 430), the collisional source of the second moment of fluctuation velocity and pressure tensor were developed in this study for inhomogeneous rapid granular flows of identical smooth highly inelastic spheres. The important mean fields in this flow are the solid fraction, mean velocity, and full second moment of fluctuation velocity. The collisional source of second moment and the collisional flux of momentum are based upon an anisotropic Maxwellian velocity distribution function. The constitutive theory was combined with the experimental results measured by Hsiau and Jang (Exp. Thermal Fluid Sci. 17 (1998) 202) so as to determine the profiles of pressure tensor and collision source of second moment in the inhomogeneous rapid granular shear flows of inelastic spheres. The normal pressure discrepancies were also observed.     

Multi parameter optimization of Raman Fiber Amplifier using genetic algorithm for S band dense wavelength division multiplexed system

A simple genetic algorithm is implemented to perform multi parameter optimization of Raman Fiber Amplifier for 100 channel S band dense wavelength division multiplexed system at 25 GHz interval. A cost effective system using single Raman pump is investigated aiming at maximum average gain. The single counter propagating pump is optimized to frequency of 211.528 THz and 652.93 mW power level with optimum Raman fiber length of 44.064 Km. There is evidence to show that the optimum solution presents a small gain variation (less than 3 dB) over an effective bandwidth covering 197–199.475 THz. The optimized configuration enabled an adequate system performance in terms of acceptable Q-factor (19.52 dB) and BER (1.46 × 10⁻²¹).     

Application of high velocity streams of dense plasma for the creating of high adhesive compounds of chemically noninteracting metals

The work presents the experimental results of investigation of the possibility of the creating of high adhesive compound of chemically noninteracting metals by means of pulse streams of high temperature dense plasma. The 4 kJ plasma focus installation was used as a source of pulse streams of plasma. In the experiment assemblies of Cu–W and Pb–Fe samples were used. The deep penetration of atoms Cu and Pb accordingly in W and Fe was found. The mechanisms of the penetration of chemically neutral atoms into a material of the target can be connected with the following processes: the energy transfer from plasma pulse to implanting atoms, the origin and distribution of shock waves in the material of a target, and also the Rayleigh-Taylor instability of the border of two combining materials.