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Bubble and Granular Flows : Differences and Similarities

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Traffic and Granular Flow ’03
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We have experimentally studied the dense flow of identical bubbles below inclined planes. The flow is driven by the fast motion of dislocations. As a function of the density of dislocations (controlled by the parameter θ), a transition occurs between a simple collective motion and a granular flow regime.

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Caps, H., Trabelsi, S., Dorbolo, S., Vandewalle, N. (2005). Bubble and Granular Flows : Differences and Similarities. In: Hoogendoorn, S.P., Luding, S., Bovy, P.H.L., Schreckenberg, M., Wolf, D.E. (eds) Traffic and Granular Flow ’03. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28091-X_56

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