arXiv · nlin/0103020
Hysteretic clustering in granular gas
Abstract
Granular material is vibro-fluidized in N=2 and N=3 connected compartments, respectively. For sufficiently strong shaking the granular gas is equi-partitioned, but if the shaking intensity is lowered, the gas clusters in one compartment. The phase transition towards the clustered state is of 2nd order for N=2 and of 1st order for N=3. In particular, the latter is hysteretic. The experimental findings are accounted for within a dynamical model that exactly has the above properties.
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Ko van der Weele, Devaraj van der Meer, Michel Versluis, Detlef Lohse. 2001-03-15. Hysteretic clustering in granular gas. https://doi.org/10.1209/epl%2Fi2001-00157-x
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