Issue 13, 2016

The microscopic structure of mono-disperse granular heaps and sediments of particles on inclined surfaces

Abstract

Granular heaps of particles created by deposition of mono-disperse particles raining from an extended source of finite size are characterized by a non-homogeneous field of density. It was speculated that this inhomogeneity is due to the transient shape of the sediment during the process of construction of the heap, thus reflecting the history of the creation of the heap. By comparison of structural characteristics of the heap with sediments created on top of inclined planes exploiting the method of Minkowski tensors, we provide further evidence to support this hypothesis. Moreover, for the case of sediments generated by homogeneous rain on surfaces, we provide relationships between the inclination of the surface and the Minkowski measures characterizing the isotropy of local particle environments.

Graphical abstract: The microscopic structure of mono-disperse granular heaps and sediments of particles on inclined surfaces

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 Jul 2015
Accepted
03 Feb 2016
First published
03 Feb 2016

Soft Matter, 2016,12, 3184-3188

The microscopic structure of mono-disperse granular heaps and sediments of particles on inclined surfaces

N. Topic, F. M. Schaller, G. E. Schröder-Turk and T. Pöschel, Soft Matter, 2016, 12, 3184 DOI: 10.1039/C5SM03114A

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