Particle shape dependence in 2D granular media
| Autor: | Saint-Cyr, B., Szarf, K., Voivret, C., Azéma, E., Richefeu, V., Delenne, J. -Y., Combe, G., Nouguier-Lehon, C., Villard, P., Sornay, P., Chaze, M., Radjaï, F. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Europhysics Letters, Vol. 98, Number 4, p 44008, 2012 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1209/0295-5075/98/44008 |
| Popis: | Particle shape is a key to the space-filling and strength properties of granular matter. We consider a shape parameter $\eta$ describing the degree of distortion from a perfectly spherical shape. Encompassing most specific shape characteristics such as elongation, angularity and nonconvexity, $\eta$ is a low-order but generic parameter that we used in a numerical benchmark test for a systematic investigation of shape-dependence in sheared granular packings composed of particles of different shapes. We find that the shear strength is an increasing function of $\eta$ with nearly the same trend for all shapes, the differences appearing thus to be of second order compared to $\eta$. We also observe a nontrivial behavior of packing fraction which, for all our simulated shapes, increases with $\eta$ from the random close packing fraction for disks, reaches a peak considerably higher than that for disks, and subsequently declines as $\eta$ is further increased. These findings suggest that a low-order description of particle shape accounts for the principal trends of packing fraction and shear strength. Hence, the effect of second-order shape parameters may be investigated by considering different shapes at the same level of $\eta$. Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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