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Obtaining statistics for granular chute flows
T Weinhart
June 3, 2010
Motivation Steady chute flow MD simulations Obtaining statistics Results Conclusions
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Outline
1 Motivation
2 Steady granular chute flow
3 Molecular Dynamics simulations of granular chute flow
4 Obtaining statistics from microscopic data
5 Results of MD simulations
6 Conclusions
Motivation Steady chute flow MD simulations Obtaining statistics Results Conclusions
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Motivation
Figure: Granular flow down a
rough inclined chute
Photograph of Savage & Lun experiments,
taken from Thornton,Gray,Hogg '06

Source: Al Hanbali, Ahmad - Department of Applied Mathematics, Universiteit Twente

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