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Dynamics of wet granular hexagons.

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Baur, M; Huang, K
Published in: Physical review. E
March 2017

The collective behavior of vibrated hexagonal disks confined in a monolayer is investigated experimentally. Due to the broken circular symmetry, hexagons prefer to rotate upon sufficiently strong driving. Due to the formation of liquid bridges, short-ranged cohesive interactions are introduced upon wetting. Consequently, a nonequilibrium stationary state with the rotating disks self-organized in a hexagonal structure arises. The bond length of the hexagonal structure is slightly smaller than the circumdiameter of a hexagon, indicating geometric frustration. This investigation provides an example where the collective behavior of granular matter is tuned by the shape of individual particles.

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Physical review. E

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EISSN

2470-0053

ISSN

2470-0045

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

95

Issue

3-1

Start / End Page

030901

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering
 

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Baur, M., & Huang, K. (2017). Dynamics of wet granular hexagons. Physical Review. E, 95(3–1), 030901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.030901
Baur, Manuel, and Kai Huang. “Dynamics of wet granular hexagons.Physical Review. E 95, no. 3–1 (March 2017): 030901. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.030901.
Baur M, Huang K. Dynamics of wet granular hexagons. Physical review E. 2017 Mar;95(3–1):030901.
Baur, Manuel, and Kai Huang. “Dynamics of wet granular hexagons.Physical Review. E, vol. 95, no. 3–1, Mar. 2017, p. 030901. Epmc, doi:10.1103/physreve.95.030901.
Baur M, Huang K. Dynamics of wet granular hexagons. Physical review E. 2017 Mar;95(3–1):030901.

Published In

Physical review. E

DOI

EISSN

2470-0053

ISSN

2470-0045

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

95

Issue

3-1

Start / End Page

030901

Related Subject Headings

  • 51 Physical sciences
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 40 Engineering