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Identification of arches in 2D granular packings
We identify arches in a bed of granular disks generated by a molecular
dynamic-type simulation. We use the history of the deposition of the particles
to identify the supporting contacts of each particle. Then, arches are defined
as sets of mutually stable disks. Different packings generated through tapping
are analyzed. The possibility of identifying arches from the static structure
of a deposited bed, without any information on the history of the deposition,
is discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Unjamming a granular hopper by vibration
We present an experimental study of the outflow of a hopper continuously
vibrated by a piezoelectric device. Outpouring of grains can be achieved for
apertures much below the usual jamming limit observed for non vibrated hoppers.
Granular flow persists down to the physical limit of one grain diameter, a
limit reached for a finite vibration amplitude. For the smaller orifices, we
observe an intermittent regime characterized by alternated periods of flow and
blockage. Vibrations do not significantly modify the flow rates both in the
continuous and the intermittent regime. The analysis of the statistical
features of the flowing regime shows that the flow time significantly increases
with the vibration amplitude. However, at low vibration amplitude and small
orifice sizes, the jamming time distribution displays an anomalous statistics
Role of vibrations in the jamming and unjamming of grains discharging from a silo
We present experimental results of the jamming of non-cohesive particles
discharged from a flat bottomed silo subjected to vertical vibration. When the
exit orifice is only a few grain diameter wide, the flow can be arrested due to
the formation of blocking arches. Hence, an external excitation is needed to
resume the flow. The use of a continuous gentle vibration is a usual technique
to ease the flow in such situations. Even though jamming is less frequent, it
is still an issue in vibrated silos. There are, in principle, two possible
mechanisms through which vibrations may facilitate the flow: (i) a decrease in
the probability of the formation of blocking arches, and (ii) the breakage of
blocking arches once they have been formed. By measuring the time intervals
inside an avalanche during which no particles flow through the outlet, we are
able to estimate the probability of breaking a blocking arch by vibrations. The
result agrees with the prediction of a bivariate probabilistic model in which
the formation of blocking arches is equally probable in vibrated and
non-vibrated silos. This indicates that the second aforementioned mechanism is
the main responsible for improving the flowability in gently vibrated silos
Bernstein-Szego Polynomials Associated with Root Systems
We introduce multivariate generalizations of the Bernstein-Szego polynomials,
which are associated to the root systems of the complex simple Lie algebras.
The multivariate polynomials in question generalize Macdonald's Hall-Littlewood
polynomials associated with root systems. For the root system of type A1
(corresponding to the Lie algebra SL (2;C)) the classic Bernstein-Szego
polynomials are recovered.Comment: LaTeX, 12 page
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