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Abstract
The dissipation behavior of granular balls in a quasi-2D closed container subjected to vertical vibration is studied by means of discrete element method in this paper. Four universal granular phases playing high damping effect are finalized by simulating the gravity environments of Earth, Mars and Moon, respectively. Based on the commonality of dense granular clusters in the four high damping granular phases, the ideal dissipation behavior of granular balls in the quasi-2D closed container is indicated. Moreover, the optimal damping mechanism of granular balls in the quasi-2D vibrated closed container is further revealed by analyzing the differences of kinetic energy and potential energy of vibrated granular balls in the three different gravity environments. This study lays a foundation for maximizing the damping effect of vibrated granular materials with constant mass by controlling their dissipation behavior, which provides a new idea for the universal design of granular damping structures in engineering practice.
期刊介绍:
Microgravity Science and Technology – An International Journal for Microgravity and Space Exploration Related Research is a is a peer-reviewed scientific journal concerned with all topics, experimental as well as theoretical, related to research carried out under conditions of altered gravity.
Microgravity Science and Technology publishes papers dealing with studies performed on and prepared for platforms that provide real microgravity conditions (such as drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets, reentry capsules and orbiting platforms), and on ground-based facilities aiming to simulate microgravity conditions on earth (such as levitrons, clinostats, random positioning machines, bed rest facilities, and micro-scale or neutral buoyancy facilities) or providing artificial gravity conditions (such as centrifuges).
Data from preparatory tests, hardware and instrumentation developments, lessons learnt as well as theoretical gravity-related considerations are welcome. Included science disciplines with gravity-related topics are:
− materials science
− fluid mechanics
− process engineering
− physics
− chemistry
− heat and mass transfer
− gravitational biology
− radiation biology
− exobiology and astrobiology
− human physiology