SLIDE 1 Complexity in granular materials and porous media: “More is Different”
by Marcel Moura and Gaute Linga
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SLIDE 2 Complexity in granular materials and porous media: “More is Different”
by Marcel Moura and Gaute Linga
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Van Gogh – Wheatfield with Crows (1890) marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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COMPLEXITY ARISES!
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SLIDE 9 Reductionism
“More is Different”, by Philip W. Anderson. Science, Vol. 177, No. 4047 (1972) marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Reductionism is an important concept: explanation in terms of simpler, smaller entites. All that is fundamentally important? marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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COMPLEXITY ARISES!
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Indeed, reductionism is an important concept… … yet, reductionism does NOT imply constructivism. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 16 Granular materials: a complex system
- Second-most manipulated material
in industry (first one is water).
- Essential for construction,
pharmaceutical industry, oil industry, food industry…
- Extremely challenging: studied for
centuries, still waiting for a complete theoretical description.
interesting phenomena: force networks, Reynolds dilation, spontaneous stratification, etc. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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SLIDE 18 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Bi et al, Nature 480, 355 (2011)
Hydrostatic pressure increases linearly in a regular fluid in equillibrium But not in a granular material! marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 19 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
https://www.vitensenteret.com/en/mod377e Plastic ruler through polarizing filter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdJLP0BNOt4
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Fun for quarantined physicists: try it at home! If you don’t have a polarizer in your pocket (you should always have a polarizer in your pocket), you can use polarized sunglasses. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Fun for quarantined physicists: try it at home! If you don’t have a polarizer in your pocket (you should always have a polarizer in your pocket), you can use polarized sunglasses. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Fun for quarantined physicists: try it at home! If you don’t have a polarizer in your pocket (you should always have a polarizer in your pocket), you can use polarized sunglasses. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Fun for quarantined physicists: try it at home! If you don’t have a polarizer in your pocket (you should always have a polarizer in your pocket), you can use polarized sunglasses. marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 25 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
- S. Lherminier et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 098001 (2014)
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SLIDE 26 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
- N. Iikawa et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., 116, 128001 (2016)
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SLIDE 27 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
- R. Planet et al., Mimicking earthquakes with granular media, Proceedings CFM 2015
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SLIDE 28 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Credit: Osvanny Ramos
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Granular Materials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7g6wdmYB78 marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Granular Materials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7g6wdmYB78 marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 31 Force networks: measurement via cross polarizers
Bi et al, Nature 480, 355 (2011)
Hydrostatic pressure increases linearly in a regular fluid in equillibrium But not in a granular material! marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 32 Janssen effect: silo engineering
Janssen, Experiments on corn pressure in silo cells (1895) Ovarlez et al, Phys. Rev. E., 67, 060302(R) (2003)
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SLIDE 33 Janssen effect: Grünerløkka studenthus
Credit: Uniforum Credit: Dagsavisen
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Janssen effect: experiment and theory
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Reynolds Dilatancy: pore-volume increases under shear
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Reynolds Dilatancy: pore-volume increases under shear
Why walking on wet sand makes it dry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ssTdOt9DKI marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
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Segregation: the Brazil-nut effect
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Segregation: the Brazil-nut effect
Brazil Nut Effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTM-okBCX8U marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 39 Spontaneous stratification and pattern formation
Makse et al, Nature 386, 379 (1997)
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Spontaneous stratification and pattern formation
Mathematical Impressions: Spontaneous Stratification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZaRn0Bez0 marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no
SLIDE 41 Other examples of pattern formation
Ripples in wind-blown sand. Ball, P. (2015), Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 370. “Well, the stripes are easy but what about the horse part?”
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SLIDE 42 Other examples of pattern formation
Ferrofluids (Youtube Chemical Bouillon) Ferrofluids (Youtube getferrite) Labyrinthine structures emerging from the slow drying
- f fluid-grain mixtures in confined geometries.
Knudsen, H. et al., Phys. Rev. E, 77, 021301 (2008)
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SLIDE 43 Other examples of pattern formation
Labyrinth pattern during the drying of a granular suspension. Movie by Bjørnar Sandnes. Sandnes, B. et al. (2007), Phys, Rev. Lett., 99, 038001 (Youtube Complex Flow Lab)
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SLIDE 44 Other examples of pattern formation
Viscous fingering. Movie by Marcel Moura and Knut Jørgen Måløy.
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Summary
Pattern formation in porous media flows Janssen effect Reynolds dilatancy Brazil-nut effect Measurements of force networks in granular materials via cross polarizers Labyrinths in deformable media Viscous fingering in non-deformable media marcel.moura@fys.uio.no gaute.linga@mn.uio.no Spontaneous stratification
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