Multiscale Brazil nut effects in bioturbated sediment

Abstract Size segregation in granular materials is a universal phenomenon popularly known as the Brazil nut effect (BNE), from the tendency of larger nuts to end on the top of a shaken container. In nature, fast granular flows bear many similarities with well-studied mixing processes. Instead, much...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Savranskaia, Ramon Egli, Jean-Pierre Valet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14276-w