Impact of a Projectile on a Granular Medium Described by a Collision Model

@article{citeulike:2548036, abstract = {We propose a model for the propagation of energy due to the impact of a granular projectile on a dense granular medium. Energy is transferred from grain to grain during binary collision events. The transport of energy may then be viewed as a random walk with a split of energy during successive collisions. There is a qualitative and quantitative agreement between this simple description and experimental results.}, author = {Crassous, J\'er\^{o}me and Beladjine, Djaoued and Valance, Alexandre }, citeulike-article-id = {2548036}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.248001}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {2007, grain}, number = {24}, posted-at = {2008-03-18 01:50:42}, priority = {2}, publisher = {APS}, title = {Impact of a Projectile on a Granular Medium Described by a Collision Model}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.248001}, volume = {99}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2548036 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2548036 TI - Impact of a Projectile on a Granular Medium Described by a Collision Model JF - Physical Review Letters VL - 99 IS - 24 PB - APS N2 - We propose a model for the propagation of energy due to the impact of a granular projectile on a dense granular medium. Energy is transferred from grain to grain during binary collision events. The transport of energy may then be viewed as a random walk with a split of energy during successive collisions. There is a qualitative and quantitative agreement between this simple description and experimental results. KW - 2007 KW - grain AU - Crassous, J\'er\^{o}me AU - Beladjine, Djaoued AU - Valance, Alexandre PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.248001 ER -