Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2014
Publication Source
Papers in Physics
Volume
6
Start Page
060009-1
Last Page
060009-7
DOI
10.4279/PIP.060009
Abstract
The discharge of spherical grains from a hole in the bottom of a right circular cylinder is measured with the entire system underwater. We find that the discharge rate depends on filling height, in contrast to the well-known case of dry non-cohesive grains. It is further surprising that the rate increases up to about twenty five percent, as the hopper empties and the granular pressure head decreases. For deep filling, where the discharge rate is constant, we measure the behavior as a function of both grain and hole diameters. The discharge rate scale is set by the product of hole area and the terminal falling speed of isolated grains. But there is a small-hole cutoff of about two and half grain diameters, which is larger than the analogous cutoff in the Beverloo equation for dry grains.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This article was originally published by Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas Biologicos. You can view the original work at http://www.papersinphysics.org/index.php/papersinphysics/article/view/212
Keywords
Granular physics, bottlenecks, clogging
Recommended Citation
Wilson, T. J., Pfeifer, C. R., Meysingier, N., & Durian, D. J. (2014). Granular Discharge Rate for Submerged Hoppers. Papers in Physics, 6 060009-1-060009-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4279/PIP.060009
Date Posted: 13 October 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.