Stripe formation in horizontally oscillating granular suspensions

We present the results of an experimental study of pattern formation in horizontally oscillating granular suspensions. Starting from a homogeneous state, the suspension turns into a striped pattern within a specific range of frequencies and amplitudes of oscillation. We observe an initial development of layered structures perpendicular to the vibration direction and a gradual coarsening of the stripes. However, both processes gradually slow down and eventually saturate. The probability distribution of the stripe width approaches a nonmonotonic steady-state form which can be approximated by a Poisson distribution. We observe similar structures in MD simulations of soft spherical particles coupled to the motion of the surrounding fluid.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, to appear in Europhys. Lett. (2014

Correction: Influence of mineralization and injection flow rate on flow patterns in three-dimensional porous media

In the originally published version of this manuscript, the corresponding author’s email address was incorrect. The correct email address for the corresponding author is as shown here. The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.SCOPUS: er.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Post-impact evaluation at RC plates with planar tomography and FEM

The project executing agency is the Gesellschaft für Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) gGmbH, project 1501542