Intermittent dry granular flow in a vertical pipe

DOI10.1063/1.1615570zbMATH Open1186.76057arXivcond-mat/0508310OpenAlexW3106096217MaRDI QIDQ3554124FDOQ3554124

F. Giorgiutti-Dauphiné, Yann Bertho, J.-P. Hulin

Publication date: 22 April 2010

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

Abstract: The intermittent compact flow of glass beads in a vertical glass pipe of small diameter is studied experimentally by combining particle fraction, pressure, and air and grain flow rates measurements with a spatio-temporal analysis of the flow. At the onset of the flow, a decompaction front is observed to propagate from the bottom to the top of the tube at a velocity much larger than that of the grains. The blockage front also propagates upwards and at a still higher velocity. The decompaction induces a decreasing pressure wave strongly amplified as it propagates upwards towards the top of the tube. Pressure variations of 3000 Pa or more are detected in this region while particle fraction variations are of the order of 0.02. Grain velocities during the flow period also increase strongly at the top of the tube while the corresponding fraction of total time decreases. A 1D numerical model based on a simple relation between the effective acceleration of the grains and the particle fraction variations reproduces the amplification effect and provides predictions for its dependence on the permeability of the packing.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0508310

zbMATH Keywords

two-phase flowpipe flowgranular flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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