Phases of granular segregation in a binary mixture. Reis, P. M.; Sykes, T.; and Mullin, T. Physical Review E, November, 2006. arXiv: cond-mat/0606004
Paper doi abstract bibtex We present results from an extensive experimental investigation into granular segregation of a shallow binary mixture in which particles are driven by frictional interactions with the surface of a vibrating horizontal tray. Three distinct phases of the mixture are established viz; binary gas (unsegregated), segregation liquid and segregation crystal. Their ranges of existence are mapped out as a function of the system's primary control parameters using a number of measures based on Voronoi tessellation. We study the associated transitions and show that segregation can be suppressed is the total filling fraction of the granular layer, \$C\$, is decreased below a critical value, \$C_\{c\}\$, or if the dimensionless acceleration of the driving, \${\textbackslash}gamma\$, is increased above a value \${\textbackslash}gamma_\{c\}\$.
@article{reis_phases_2006,
title = {Phases of granular segregation in a binary mixture},
volume = {74},
issn = {1539-3755, 1550-2376},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606004},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevE.74.051306},
abstract = {We present results from an extensive experimental investigation into granular segregation of a shallow binary mixture in which particles are driven by frictional interactions with the surface of a vibrating horizontal tray. Three distinct phases of the mixture are established viz; binary gas (unsegregated), segregation liquid and segregation crystal. Their ranges of existence are mapped out as a function of the system's primary control parameters using a number of measures based on Voronoi tessellation. We study the associated transitions and show that segregation can be suppressed is the total filling fraction of the granular layer, \$C\$, is decreased below a critical value, \$C\_\{c\}\$, or if the dimensionless acceleration of the driving, \${\textbackslash}gamma\$, is increased above a value \${\textbackslash}gamma\_\{c\}\$.},
number = {5},
urldate = {2015-05-11TZ},
journal = {Physical Review E},
author = {Reis, Pedro M. and Sykes, Tim and Mullin, Tom},
month = nov,
year = {2006},
note = {arXiv: cond-mat/0606004},
keywords = {Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter, Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics}
}