Discrete particle simulations are used to model segregation in granular mixtures of three different particle species in a horizontal rotating drum. Axial band formation is observed, with medium-size particles tending to be located between alternating bands of big and small particles. Partial radial segregation also appears; it precedes the axial segregation and is characterized by an inner core region richer in small particles. Axial bands are seen to merge during the long simulation runs, leading to a coarsening of the band pattern; the relocation of particles involved in one such merging event is examined. Overall, the behavior is similar to experiment and represents a generalization of what occurs in the simpler two-component mixture. © 2007 The American Physical Society.
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Rapaport, D. C. (2007). Simulated three-component granular segregation in a rotating drum. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 76(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041302
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