Energy non-equipartition in vibrofluidized particles

Abstract: The aim of the present work is to investigate the influence of the realistic model parameters on the equipartition of energy in a vibrofluidized system. To achieve this, a three-dimensional vertically vibrated granular system consisting of spherical particles is simulated using the discrete element method (DEM) using the open-source software LAMMPS. Interparticle and wall-particle interactions are determined using the linear-spring dashpot model. Simulations are performed for nearly perfectly smooth to nearly perfectly rough particles. Two different values for the ratio of the tangential to normal spring stiffness coefficient $\kappa$ ($2/7$ and $3/4$) are chosen. Non-equipartition of energy between the translational and rotational modes is observed for all realistic values in the parametric range.