Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85957
Title: Linking bottleneck clogging with flow kinematics in granular materials: The role of silo width
Authors: Gella, D.
Maza, D.
Zuriguel, I.
Ashour, A.
Arévalo, Roberto
Stannarius, R.
Keywords: Statistical Physics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Issue Date: 2017
Source: Gella, D., Maza, D., Zuriguel, I., Ashour, A., Arévalo, R., & Stannarius, R. (2017). Linking bottleneck clogging with flow kinematics in granular materials: The role of silo width. Physical Review Fluids, 2(8), 084304-.
Series/Report no.: Physical Review Fluids
Abstract: We demonstrate experimentally that clogging in a silo correlates with some features of the particle velocities in the outlet proximities. This finding, that links the formation of clogs with a kinematic property of the system, is obtained by looking at the effect that the position of the lateral walls of the silo has on the flow and clogging behavior. Surprisingly, the avalanche size depends nonmonotonically on the distance of the outlet from the lateral walls. Apart from evidencing the relevance of a parameter that has been traditionally overlooked in bottleneck flow, this nonmonotonicity supposes a benchmark with which to explore the correlation of clogging probability with different variables within the system. Among these, we find that the velocity of the particles above the outlet and their fluctuations seem to be behind the nonmonotonicity in the avalanche size versus wall distance curve.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85957
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45372
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.084304
Schools: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences 
Rights: © 2017 American Physical Society (APS). This paper was published in Physical Review Fluids and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Physical Society (APS). The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.2.084304]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
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