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Abrasion of flat rotating shapes
Phys. Rev. E 83, 031303 – Published 9 March, 2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031303
Abstract
We report on the erosion of flat linoleum “pebbles” under steady rotation in a slurry of abrasive grit. To quantify shape as a function of time, we develop a general method in which the pebble is photographed from multiple angles with respect to the grid of pixels with a digital camera. This reduces digitization noise and allows the local curvature of the contour to be computed with a controllable degree of uncertainty. Several shape descriptors are then employed to follow the evolution of different initial shapes toward a circle, where abrasion halts. The results are in good quantitative agreement with a simple model, where we propose that points along the contour move radially inward in proportion to the product of the radius and the derivative of radius with respect to angle.
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