Force relaxation in the q-model for granular media

DOI10.1023/A:1020442026840zbMATH Open1034.74014arXivcond-mat/0110230OpenAlexW3102439254MaRDI QIDQ1850883FDOQ1850883

Authors: Jacco H. Snoeijer, J. M. J. van Leeuwen 

Publication date: 15 December 2002

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the relaxation of force distributions in the q-model, assuming a uniform q-distribution. We show that "diffusion of correlations" makes this relaxation very slow. On a d-dimensional lattice, the asymptotic state is approached as a diffusion process in d-1 dimensions. Therefore the relaxation goes as the inverse square root of depth for d=2, and the inverse depth for d=3. Furthermore, we derive asymptotic modes of decay, along which an arbitrary short--range correlated initial distribution will decay towards the stationary state.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0110230

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zbMATH Keywords

latticeasymptotic modes of decaydiffusion of correlationsshort-range correlated initial distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuum models (systems of particles, etc.) arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B21) Granularity (74E20)

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