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Visualization of shocks in granular media

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Granular flows exhibit interesting behavior as a result of complex interaction between the granular particles. This work visualizes the shock front resulting from granular flow over three cylindrical bodies having different cross-sectional shapes: circular, triangular and square, at three different flow velocities. The visualizations were done using the shadowgraph technique. The visualization data show well-defined shocks as well as some interesting instabilities in the granular media behind the shock fronts. The wave geometry resulted in estimation of the flow Mach number, the velocities of the granular particles and the speed of sound in the medium. The estimated flow Mach numbers were 6.9, 7.5 and 8.4. The estimation of the shock stand-off distance and radius of curvature of bow shock at the front stagnation point is also done for the cylindrical and square geometries. The oblique shock angle and the wake angle for the triangular model are also presented. Similarities of the wave features with continuum gas flows are discussed.

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Acknowledgements

The authors of this paper would like to acknowledge the help of Dr. Debopam Das and Dr. Kamal Poddar of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur for providing the high-speed camera from their laboratory. In addition, the authors would like to thank Ms. Syeda Afreen (Masters Student) and Mr. Ragavendiran (Ph.D. Scholar) for their valuable support and help in conducting the experiments. Finally, we would like to thank Mr. Abhinath Yadav, Mr. Ajay Sharma and other employees of the Low Speed Aerodynamics Lab, IIT Kanpur for their support in the construction of the experimental setup.

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208016, India

    Priyankar Garai, Shivam Verma & Sanjay Kumar

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Garai, P., Verma, S. & Kumar, S. Visualization of shocks in granular media. J Vis 22, 729–739 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-019-00558-5

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