Clustering and melting in a wet granular monolayer
Journal Article
We investigate experimentally the collective behavior of a wet granular monolayer under vertical vibrations. The spherical particles are partially wet such that there are short-ranged attractive interactions between adjacent particles. As the vibration strength increases, clustering, reorganizing and melting regimes are identified subsequently through a characterization with the bond-orientational order parameters and the mean kinetic energy of the particles. The melting transition is found to be a continuous process starting from the defects inside the crystal.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Ramming, P; Huang, K
Published Date
- June 30, 2017
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 140 /
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 2100-014X
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 2101-6275
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1051/epjconf/201714008003
Citation Source
- Scopus