Statistical characterization of the forces on spheres in an upflow of air
- 28 January 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 71 (1) , 016313
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.71.016313
Abstract
The dynamics of a sphere fluidized in a nearly levitating upflow of air were previously found to be identical to those of a Brownian particle in a two-dimensional harmonic trap, consistent with a Langevin equation [Ojha et al., Nature (London) 427, 521 (2004)]. The random forcing, the drag, and the trapping potential represent different aspects of the interaction of the sphere with the air flow. In this paper we vary the experimental conditions for a single sphere, and report on how the force terms in the Langevin equation scale with air flow speed, sphere radius, sphere density, and system size. We also report on the effective interaction potential between two spheres in an upflow of air.Keywords
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