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Chun-Chung Chen1, Marcel den Nijs

  • 1Department of Physics, University of Washington, P.O. Box 351560, Seattle, Washington 98195-1560, USA.

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We developed a sand-box avalanche model that relates 2D avalanche propagation to 1D interface growth. Numerical results show deviations from exact Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) values, suggesting complex scaling corrections.

Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Complex Systems
  • Geophysics

Background:

  • Avalanche dynamics are complex, involving granular flow and energy dissipation.
  • Interface growth models, like Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ), describe surface evolution and exhibit universal scaling behaviors.
  • Understanding the relationship between different complex systems can reveal underlying universal principles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel directed unloading sand-box avalanche model.
  • To investigate the relationship between 2D avalanche propagation and 1D interface growth dynamics.
  • To compare numerical results with theoretical predictions from KPZ universality classes.

Main Methods:

  • A directed unloading sand-box avalanche model was created by slowly lowering a retaining wall.

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  • Avalanche propagation was analyzed in a two-dimensional surface.
  • The study related avalanche cluster distribution to space-time configurations in one-dimensional KPZ interface growth.
  • Numerical simulations were performed to obtain scaling exponents.

    • Main Results:

    • The 2D avalanche propagation dynamics were found to be analogous to 1D KPZ interface growth.
    • Scaling exponents for avalanche cluster distribution were calculated.
    • Numerical results closely approximated, but significantly deviated from, exact KPZ scaling values.

    Conclusions:

    • The observed deviations suggest the presence of strong corrections to scaling in the avalanche model.
    • Alternatively, fundamental differences in correlations between space-time interface configurations may exist.
    • The study highlights potential limitations of direct KPZ universality in certain granular avalanche systems.