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Clogging and jamming transitions in periodic obstacle arrays

H. T. Nguyen1,2, C. Reichhardt1, and C. J. Olson Reichhardt1

  • 1Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA

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Phys. Rev. E 95, 030902(R) – Published 29 March, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.030902

Abstract

We numerically examine clogging transitions for bidisperse disks flowing through a two-dimensional periodic obstacle array. We show that clogging is a probabilistic event that occurs through a transition from a homogeneous flowing state to a heterogeneous or phase-separated jammed state where the disks form dense connected clusters. The probability for clogging to occur during a fixed time increases with increasing particle packing and obstacle number. For driving at different angles with respect to the symmetry direction of the obstacle array, we show that certain directions have a higher clogging susceptibility. It is also possible to have a size-specific clogging transition in which one disk size becomes completely immobile while the other disk size continues to flow.

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Phys. Rev. E 95, 030902(R)– Published 29 March, 2017
  • Received 9 December 2016
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