Open AccessPredicting the Motion of an Intruder in a Vertically Vibrated 2D-Granular-Bed using Contact Points Approximation
Author(s) -
Siti Nurul Khotimah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
kne engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2518-6841
DOI - 10.18502/keg.v0i0.525
Subject(s) - position (finance) , motion (physics) , layer (electronics) , nut , geodesy , geology , granular layer , granular material , geometry , mathematics , mechanics , physics , materials science , classical mechanics , geotechnical engineering , acoustics , composite material , psychology , finance , economics , cerebellum , neuroscience
In this study, 2-dimensional Brazil nut effect experiments were setup. An intruder moves from its initial position at the middle-bottom of a container to its final position at the top of the granular bed. To predict the motion of the intruder, the number of contact points for each grain around the intruder was counted manually for grains in the first layer until the third layer. The average numbers of contact points from grains in each of 8 directions respected to the center of the intruder were calculated to determine the direction of total force acting on the intruder by grains in the first layer, in the first two-layers, and in the first three-layers.The result will be more acceptable using the data of two or three layers of grains in predicting intruder movement.