Self-organized criticality in an hourglass

Authors

  • Joshua Jesli Dublado Santiago National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
  • Caesar Aya-ay Saloma National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We use a modified Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld (BTW) sandpile model to describe the avalanche statistics of continuous grain flow in the upper and bottom chambers of a sealed hourglass. The hourglass system is investigated in two ways via: (a) Separated time-scale model (one avalanche event per sampling time [Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 381 (1987)]) to describe the distribution of avalanche sizes, and (b) Single time-scale model (≥ 1 event per sampling time [Phys. Rev. A 45, 7002 (1992)]) to describe the avalanche activity that happens when the avalanche growth rate is consequential. In the separated time-scale case, the avalanche occurrences in the upper and bottom chambers are random events unlike in the single time-scale case where correlation is observed over short time shifts between the avalanche activities.

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SPP-2019-3F-07

Section

Complex Systems and Data Analytics

Published

2019-05-24

How to Cite

[1]
JJD Santiago and CA- ay Saloma, Self-organized criticality in an hourglass, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-3F-07 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-3F-07.