Energy avalanches in a rice-pile model

Luís A. Nunes Amaral*, Kent Bækgaard Lauritsen

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Abstract

We investigate a one-dimensional rice-pile model. We show that the distribution of dissipated potential energy decays as a power law with an exponent α = 1.53. The system thus provides a one-dimensional example of self-organized criticality. Different driving conditions are examined in order to allow for comparisons with experiments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)608-614
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume231
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 1996

Keywords

  • Avalanches
  • Granular systems
  • Self-organized criticality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistics and Probability
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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