Patterns in 3D Vertically Oscillated Granular Layers: Simulation and Experiment

C. Bizon, M. D. Shattuck, J. B. Swift, W. D. McCormick, and Harry L. Swinney
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 57 – Published 5 January 1998
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Abstract

Numerical simulations and laboratory experiments are conducted for thin layers of particles in a vertically oscillated container as a function of the frequency f, amplitude A, and depth H. The same standing wave patterns (stripes, squares, or hexagons oscillating at f/2 or f/4) and wavelengths are obtained in the simulations and experiments for a wide range of (f,A) and two layer depths. Two model parameters are determined by fits at just two points (f,A,H). Simulation results lead to heuristic arguments for the onset of patterns and the crossover from squares to stripes.

  • Received 13 June 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.57

©1998 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

C. Bizon*, M. D. Shattuck, J. B. Swift, W. D. McCormick, and Harry L. Swinney

  • Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Department of Physics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

  • *Electronic address: bizon@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
  • Electronic address: swinney@chaos.ph.utexas.edu

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Vol. 80, Iss. 1 — 5 January 1998

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