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Shock–shock interactions in granular flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2019

Aqib Khan ,
Shivam Verma Open the ORCID record for Shivam Verma [Opens in a new window] ,
Priyanka Hankare ,
Rakesh Kumar  and
Sanjay Kumar Open the ORCID record for Sanjay Kumar [Opens in a new window]
Aqib Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016, India
Shivam Verma
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016, India
Priyanka Hankare
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016, India
Rakesh Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016, India
Sanjay Kumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016, India
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†Email address for correspondence: skmr@iitk.ac.in
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Abstract

Shock–shock interaction structures and a newly discovered dynamic instability in granular streams resulting from such interactions are presented. Shock waves are generated by placing two similar triangular wedges in a gravity-driven granular stream. When the shock waves interact, grains collapse near the centre region of the wedges and a slow-moving concentrated diamond-shaped streak of grains is formed that grows as the inclination of the channel is increased. The diamond streak, under certain geometric conditions, is found to become unstable and start oscillating in the direction transverse to the mainstream. When the wedges are placed too close to each other, the granular flux of the incoming stream is unable to pass through the small gap, resulting in the formation of a single bow shock enveloping both the wedges. Experiments are performed for a wide range of flow speeds, wedge angles and wedge separations to investigate the interaction zone. We discuss a possible mechanism for the formation of the central streak and the associated dynamic instability observed for specific physical parameters.

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Granular media: Granular media Compressible Flows: Shock waves

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 884 , 10 February 2020 , R4
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Khan et al. supplementary movie 1

Shock-shock interactions for Wedge angle = 60 degrees, Wedge spacing = 1d and channel inclination = 55 degrees at frame rate = 60 fps.

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Shock-shock interactions for Wedge angle = 60 degrees, Wedge spacing = 1d and channel inclination = 60 degrees at frame rate = 60 fps.

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Shock-shock interactions for Wedge angle = 60 degrees, Wedge spacing = 1d and channel inclination = 60 degrees at frame rate = 6 fps (slow motion).

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Shock-shock interactions for Wedge angle = 60 degrees, Wedge spacing = 1d and channel inclination = 75 degrees at frame rate = 60 fps.

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