Velocity field measurements in granular gravity flow in a near 2D silo

Abstract Using particle image velocimetry (PIV) we studied experimentally the whole velocity field during the discharge of monodisperse granular material from a flat-bottomed 2D silo. We have characterized important quantities of this flow such as the transversal flow oscillations, the mean velocity field and the velocity fluctuations.

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