• Article

      Stability of a tilted granular monolayer: How many spheres can we pick before the collapse (2024) 

      Rojas, Eduardo; Alarcón, Héctor; Salinas, Vicente; Castillo, Gustavo; Gutiérrez, Pablo (American Physical Society, 2023)
      The triggering of avalanches is investigated using discrete element simulations for a process of random extraction of spheres. A monolayer, formed by identical spheres in a hexagonal configuration, is placed on a tilted ...
    • Article

      Swirling Fluid Reduces the Bounce of Partially Filled Containers (2024) 

      Andrade, Klebbert; Catalán, Javiera; Marín, Juan F.; Salinas, Vicente; Castillo, Gustavo; Gordillo, Leonardo; Gutiérrez, Pablo (American Physical Society, 2023)
      Certain spatial distributions of water inside partially filled containers can significantly reduce the bounce of the container. In experiments with containers filled to a volume fraction φ, we show that rotation offers ...
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      Triggering avalanches by transverse perturbations in a rotating drum (2021) 

      Salinas, Vicente; Quininao, Cristóbal; González, Sebastián; Castillo, Gustavo (NLM (Medline), 2021-07-06)
      We study the role of small-scale perturbations in the onset of avalanches in a rotating drum in the stick-slip regime. By vibrating the system along the axis of rotation with an amplitude orders of magnitude smaller than ...