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Probing the validity of an effective-one-particle description of granular dampers in microgravity

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We consider the attenuation of the oscillation of a flat spring due to the action of a granular damper. The efficiency of the damper is quantified by evaluating the position of the oscillator as a function of time using a Hall effect based position sensor. Performing experiments for a large abundance of parameters under conditions of microgravity, we confirm a recent theory for granular damping (Kollmer et al. in New J Phys 15:093023, 2013) and show that the theory remains approximately valid even beyond the limits of its derivation.

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The European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are gratefully acknowledged for funding the parabolic flights. We thank the German Science Foundation (DFG) for support through the Cluster of Excellence ’Engineering of Advanced Materials’.

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    Achim Sack, Michael Heckel, Jonathan E. Kollmer & Thorsten Pöschel

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Sack, A., Heckel, M., Kollmer, J.E. et al. Probing the validity of an effective-one-particle description of granular dampers in microgravity. Granular Matter 17, 73–82 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-014-0539-8

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