The results of an experimental investigation of granular segregation in a thin rotating drum are presented. A mechanism based on the presence of an uphill wave of particles has been found to govern the observed pattern of petals. Specifically we develop a simple model that captures the essential physics of the segregation and yields an algebraic expression that predicts the number of petals in the pattern.
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