Scaling of key parameters with thickness of fluidized region. (IMAGE)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Scaling of key parameters with thickness of fluidized region.

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The typical distance between fingers (a) and the velocity of the receding front (b) is found to scale similarly with the thickness of the fluidized region in both gels and sand. This is evidence for common features in their physical mechanisms.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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