22 research outputs found
Nonlinear dynamic analysis of an optimal particle damper
We study the dynamical behavior of a single degree of freedom mechanical
system with a particle damper. The particle (granular) damping was optimized
for the primary system operating condition by using an appropriate gap size for
a prismatic enclosure. The particles absorb the kinetic energy of the vibrating
structure and convert it into heat through the inelastic collisions and
friction. This results in a highly nonlinear mechanical system. Considering
linear signal analysis, state space reconstruction, Poincar\'e sections and the
determination of maximal Lyapunov exponents, the motion of the granular system
inside the enclosure is characterized for a wide frequency range. With the
excitation frequency as control parameter, either regular and chaotic motion of
the granular bed are found and their influence on the damping is analyzed.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with
arXiv:1105.030
A Langevin Approach to One-Dimensional Granular Media Fluidized by Vibrations
We present a Langevin approach to describe the steady-state dynamics of
one-dimensional granular media fluidized by a vibrating bottom plate. We adopt
a linear Langevin equation to describe the motion of the center of mass. Within
this framework, we derive analytical expressions for several macroscopic
quantities. We also predict the power spectrum for the height of the center of
mass. We find good agreement between our theoretical predictions and extensive
event-driven molecular dynamics simulations.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jp
Molecular dynamics algorithm enforcing energy conservation for microcanonical simulations
10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053314A reversible algorithm [enforced energy conservation (EEC)] that enforces total energy conservation for microcanonical simulations is presented. The key point is the introduction of the discrete-gradient method to define the forces from the conservative potentials, instead of the direct use of the force field at the actual position of the particle. We have studied the performance and accuracy of the EEC in two cases, namely Lennard-Jones fluid and a simple electrolyte model. Truncated potentials that usually induce inaccuracies in energy conservation are used. In particular, the reaction field approach is used in the latter. The EEC is able to preserve energy conservation for a long time, and, in addition, it performs better than the Verlet algorithm for these kinds of simulations
Convection in horizontally shaken granular material
In horizontally shaken granular material different types of pattern formation have been
reported. We want to deal with the convection instability which has been observed in
experiments and which recently has been investigated numerically. Using two dimensional
molecular dynamics we show that the convection pattern depends crucially on the
inelastic properties of the material. The concept of restitution coefficient provides
arguments for the change of the behaviour with varying inelasticity
Mechanisms of Cluster Formation in Force-Free Granular Gases
The evolution of a force-free granular gas with a constant restitution coefficient is
studied by means of granular hydrodynamics. We numerically solve the hydrodynamic
equations and analyze the mechanisms of cluster formation. According to our findings, the
presently accepted mode-enslaving mechanism may not be responsible for the latter
phenomenon. On the contrary, we observe that the cluster formation is mainly driven by
shock-waves, which spontaneously originate and develop in the system. This agrees with a
previously suggested mechanism of formation of density singularities in one-dimensional
granular gases
Vertically shaken column of spheres. Onset of fluidization
The onset of surface fluidization of granular material in a
vertically vibrated container, , is
studied experimentally. Recently, for a column of spheres it has
been theoretically found (see T. Pöschel, T. Schwager, C. Salueña, Phys.
Rev. E 62, 1361 (2000)) that the particles lose
contact if a certain condition for the acceleration amplitude
holds. This result is in
disagreement with other findings where the criterion
was found to be the
criterion of fluidization. We show that for a column of spheres a
critical acceleration is not a proper criterion for
fluidization and compare the results with theory
Modeling Techniques for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Particle Damping in Turbomachinery
The rheology of a dilute suspension of Brownian dipolar spheroids in a simple shear flow under the action of an external force
The effect of rotational Brownian motion on the rheology of a dilute suspension of dipolar spheroids
in a simple shear flow under the action of an external force field, is investigated through a
generalized Langevin equation approach. The force field is assumed to be either constant or
periodic. In the case of constant external fields earlier results in the literature are reproduced, while for the case of periodic forcing certain parametric regimes corresponding to weak Brownian diffusion are identified where the rheological parameters evolve chaotically and settle onto a low dimensional attractor. The response of the system to variations in the strengths of the force field and diffusion is also analyzed through numerical experiments. These results correspond to the region of
weak Brownian motion where usual methods render the problem intractable