GRANULAR  MEDIA  UNDER  VIBRATION  IN  ZERO  GRAVITY: TRANSITION  FROM  RATTLING  TO  GRANULAR  GAS

 

P. Evesque1, Y. Garrabos2, G. Zhai3, M. Hou3                

1 Lab MSSMat,  UMR 8579 CNRS, Ecole Centrale Paris, 92295 Châtenay-Malabry, France, e-mail: pierre.evesque@ecp.fr

2 ESEME, ICMCB-cnrs, 33608 Pessac cedex , France ; garrabos@icmcb.u-bordeaux.fr

3 Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China; mayhou@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

 

 

Abstract :

We report on different experimental behaviours of granular dissipative matter excited by vibration as studied during the 43rd ESA campaign of Airbus A300-0g from CNES. The effect of g-jitter is quantified through the generation of a rattle effect. The French-European team’s electromagnetic set-up is used, with 20Hz cam recording and high speed camera for a short duration (1s) during each parabola.

 

Pacs # : 5.40 ; 45.70 ; 62.20 ; 83.70.Fn

 

 poudres & grains 19 (1), 1-4 (Avril 2011)