Vibro-fluidization of lunar regolith simulant in hourglass and inclined pipe configurations

Watson, Peter and Bonnieu, Sebastien Vincent and Anwar, Ali and Lappa, Marcello (2025) Vibro-fluidization of lunar regolith simulant in hourglass and inclined pipe configurations. In: 38th Scottish Fluid Mechanics Meeting, 2025-05-28 - 2025-05-28.

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Abstract

We explore the applications of vibrations to elicit fluid like behaviour in complex granular materials like lunar regolith to enhance their transportability.

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Watson, Peter, Bonnieu, Sebastien Vincent, Anwar, Ali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7246-008X and Lappa, Marcello ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0835-3420;