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Dynamics of wet granular hexagons

Manuel Baur and Kai Huang*

  • Experimentalphysik V, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

  • *kai.huang@uni-bayreuth.de
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Phys. Rev. E 95, 030901(R) – Published 20 March, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.030901

Abstract

The collective behavior of vibrated hexagonal disks confined in a monolayer is investigated experimentally. Due to the broken circular symmetry, hexagons prefer to rotate upon sufficiently strong driving. Due to the formation of liquid bridges, short-ranged cohesive interactions are introduced upon wetting. Consequently, a nonequilibrium stationary state with the rotating disks self-organized in a hexagonal structure arises. The bond length of the hexagonal structure is slightly smaller than the circumdiameter of a hexagon, indicating geometric frustration. This investigation provides an example where the collective behavior of granular matter is tuned by the shape of individual particles.

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Phys. Rev. E 95, 030901(R)– Published 20 March, 2017
  • Received 25 August 2016
  • Revised 27 November 2016

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