Avalanches in One-Dimensional Piles with Different Types of Bases
- 11 June 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 86 (24) , 5490-5493
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.86.5490
Abstract
We perform a systematic experimental study of the influence of the type of base on the avalanche dynamics of slowly driven 1D ball piles. The control of base details allows us to explore a wide spectrum of pile structures and dynamics. The scaling properties of the observed avalanche distributions suggest that self-organized critical behavior is approached as the “base-induced” disorder at the pile profile increases.Keywords
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