Granular heap relaxation paper was published

Post date: Mar 27, 2018 3:17:50 AM

A paper on granular heap relaxation by vertical vibration was just published. In this study, Daisuke Tsuji performed a good job to explain the nonlinear relaxation of granular pile subject to the vertical vibration. Now, he is studying further details of this phenomenon using numerical simulation.

Relaxation Dynamics of a Granular Pile on a Vertically-Vibrating Plate

D. Tsuji, M. Otsuki, and H. Katsuragi, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 128001 (2018).