Interparticle interactions in granular matter are commonly represented by appropriate graphs, therefore, inhomogeneities in granular matter can be possibly reflected by community structure in the respective graphs. Approaches and algorithms for community detection are being actively developed...

Granular media, fluidized by a vibrating wall, is studied in the high frequency (ω→∞) small amplitude (A→0) limit. It is shown that there exists an asymptotic regime such that if the product Aω5/4 is kept constant, then the behavior of the fluid in the bulk remains independent of the...

Granular gas-dynamic equations are written down and numerically integrated to study convection. For a two-dimensional gas of inelastic hard disks in a square box and under the effect of gravity, the equations predict buoyancy driven convection triggered by the dynamically created...

We study the front shape of avalanches produced in a rotating two-dimensional drum partially filled with small glass beads. We focus our work on the study of the length and shape of granular fronts, in particular how they do scale in terms of the physical parameters involved. A single scaling...

We study the joint probability distribution of normal and tangential frictional forces in jammed granular media, Pμ(ft,fn), for various values of the friction coefficient μ, especially when μ=∞. A universal scaling law is found to collapse the data for μ=0 to ∞, demonstrating a link...

Using Newtonian molecular dynamics we study a gas of inelastic hard disks subject to shear between two planar parallel thermal walls. The system behaves like a Couette flow and it is tuned to produce a steady state that ideally has uniform temperature, uniform density, no energy flux and a...

The interaction of moving fluids with particles is still only understood phenomenologically when the Reynolds number is not vanishing. I will present three different numerical studies all using the solver “fluent” which elucidate this issue from different points of view. On one hand, I will...

Air-induced fluidization in vibrated granular beds can be responsible of the phenomenon of reverse buoyancy. We show that the air flow induced across the bed, as the gap in the bottom of the cell evolves, can fluidize the bed in a similar way as in gas-fluidized static beds and consequently a...

A major issue in material science is the formulation of a macroscopic description of material properties based on local characteristics. We consider here the case of a granular medium, for which we show that the applicable treatments depend not only on the nature of the disorder but also on the...

Sand-moving winds blowing from a constant direction in an area of high sand availability form transverse dunes, which have a fixed profile in the direction orthogonal to the wind. Here we show, by means of a linear stability analysis, that transverse dunes are intrinsically unstable. Any...