Journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan
Online ISSN : 1883-7239
Print ISSN : 0386-6157
ISSN-L : 0386-6157
Trajectories of Granular Matter during Collapse Processes in Granular Heaps
Takayuki YamadaHideyuki IkedaTakumi Okabayashi
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2011 Volume 48 Issue 4 Pages 206-210

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We study experimentally collapse processes of granular heaps due to moving retaining walls of containers. We focus on trajectories of flows of granular matter during the collapse process with various initial heights (Ho) and widths (Xo) whose aspect ratios (Ho / Xo) are the same value, Ho / Xo = 2.0. It is observed that the heaps show increase of volume which is so called 'dilatancy' at an early stage of collapse and the trajectories of all particles in flowing region exhibit logarithmic curves. The latter yields a scaling law for the trajectories of the granular matter.

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