Scientific Calendar Event



Starts 25 Mar 2004 11:00
Ends 25 Mar 2004 20:00
Central European Time
ICTP
Main Building Room 239
Strada Costiera, 11 I - 34151 Trieste (Italy)
Recent experimental studies of a vibrated granular bed consisting of two particle types have shown a transition from a mixed to a segregated state as the filling fraction is varied. A model of the system is introduced and investigated numerically. Many of the experimentally observed features are reproduced and it is shown that the mixed state to segregated state transition is a robust phenomenon. The model is used to investigate and elucidate the segregation mechanism(s) present in the experiment.
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