Segregation in Binary Mixtures under Gravity
- 24 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 88 (19) , 194301
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.194301
Abstract
We employ kinetic theory for a binary mixture to study segregation by size and/or mass in a gravitational field. Simple segregation criteria are obtained for spheres and disks that are supported by numerical simulations.Keywords
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