Equilibrium is a state of maximal entropy or disorder; it looks boring. In contrast, systems maintained far from equilibrium exhibit a diversity of fascinating behaviour including pattern formation and turbulence. These systems still pose fundamental questions. In this thesis we report on a study of a granular, far-from-equilibrium system consisting of macroscopic, spherical particles conned in a narrow, cuboidal cell with a square base and large aspect ratio. The cell is vibrated sinusoidally in the direction perpendicular to the long sides. In previous work the system has been shown to behave as a two-dimensional granular gas. If the number of particles in the box exceeds a certain threshold, then we can observe several patterned states u...
When granular material is shaken both in horizontal and vertical direction simultaneously, as common...
There are many systems where interaction among the elementary building blocks-no matter how well und...
textTransitions in equilibrium systems are somewhat well understood, however similar transitions in...
Equilibrium is a state of maximal entropy or disorder; it looks boring. In contrast, systems maintai...
Driven granular media is a fascinating example of intrinsically non-equilibrium system. I consider a...
© 2001 The American Physical SocietyThe electronic version of this article is the complete one and c...
A gas of inelastically colliding hard spheres (the so called granular gas) is a simple model of flow...
International audienceDriven granular media constitute model systems in out-of-equilibrium statistic...
We study fluidized granular gases in a stationary state determined by the balance between external d...
We present experimental observations and numerical simulations of nonequilibrium spatial structures ...
Received (to be inserted by publisher) We study a minimal model for the flow of granular material on...
19 pages, 10 figuresThis paper starts with the investigation of the behaviour of a set of two subsys...
The evolution of many pattern-forming systems is strongly influenced by the presence of a conserved ...
In this thesis we have explored the no equilibrium phase behavior and dynamics of an agitated mono...
We investigated experimentally and theoretically the dynamics of a driven granular gas on a square l...
When granular material is shaken both in horizontal and vertical direction simultaneously, as common...
There are many systems where interaction among the elementary building blocks-no matter how well und...
textTransitions in equilibrium systems are somewhat well understood, however similar transitions in...
Equilibrium is a state of maximal entropy or disorder; it looks boring. In contrast, systems maintai...
Driven granular media is a fascinating example of intrinsically non-equilibrium system. I consider a...
© 2001 The American Physical SocietyThe electronic version of this article is the complete one and c...
A gas of inelastically colliding hard spheres (the so called granular gas) is a simple model of flow...
International audienceDriven granular media constitute model systems in out-of-equilibrium statistic...
We study fluidized granular gases in a stationary state determined by the balance between external d...
We present experimental observations and numerical simulations of nonequilibrium spatial structures ...
Received (to be inserted by publisher) We study a minimal model for the flow of granular material on...
19 pages, 10 figuresThis paper starts with the investigation of the behaviour of a set of two subsys...
The evolution of many pattern-forming systems is strongly influenced by the presence of a conserved ...
In this thesis we have explored the no equilibrium phase behavior and dynamics of an agitated mono...
We investigated experimentally and theoretically the dynamics of a driven granular gas on a square l...
When granular material is shaken both in horizontal and vertical direction simultaneously, as common...
There are many systems where interaction among the elementary building blocks-no matter how well und...
textTransitions in equilibrium systems are somewhat well understood, however similar transitions in...