Using particle image velocimetry (PIV) we studied experimentally the whole velocity field
during the discharge of monodisperse granular material from a flat-bottomed 2D silo. We …

The drainage of granular assembly from a flat-bottomed silo can be in either funnel flow
mode or mixed flow mode. The primary motivation of this work is to investigate whether there …

In this work we have analyzed experimentally the mass flow rate, m˙, of the lateral outflow of
cohesionless sand beach and granulated sugar through circular orifices of diameter D and …

This paper presents the study of density fluctuations in a model for vibrated granular media.
Their microscopic origin is shown to be linked to the microscopic disorder in grains packing …

Patterns were generated inside a horizontal cylinder rotating at low speeds. The cylinder
was filled with a very low volume liquid fraction of 1.8% of Newtonian fluid and the rotation …

We present an experimental study of the dispersion of tracer particles close to the center,
during the gravity flow of monodisperse granular material in a flat silo. We obtained the …

Granular material consists of macroscopic, discrete particles. Macroscopic means that the
particle must be large enough to be visible for the naked eye with a size usually larger than …

Gravity flow of granular materials in vertical columns can generate pressure and density
fluctuations which are difficult to quantify. Examination of prior research led us to propose a …

To get a better knowledge of discharging flows of ensiled granular materials, a small scale
silo was designed and built. It is equipped with a flat bottom and it has a rectangular cross …

Discrete and continuum modeling of diffusion processes in physics, chemistry, and
economics. Topics include central limit theorems, continuous-time random walks, Levy …