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Characterization of shear zones in soft granular beds by means of a novel magnetic resonance imaging technique

Journal

GRANULAR MATTER
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages -

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-022-01271-1

Keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV); Particle imaging velocimetry (PIV); Sheared granular material; Split-bottom geometry

Funding

  1. European Union [812638]
  2. DFG [STA 425/46-1]
  3. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [812638] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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We introduce a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging technique to study the geometry of shear zones of soft, low-frictional and hard, frictional granular materials and their mixtures. Our findings show that the shear zone geometry differs considerably between soft grains submersed in water and the same material without the embedding fluid.
We introduce a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging technique to study the geometry of shear zones of soft, low-frictional and hard, frictional granular materials and their mixtures. Hydrogel spheres serve as the soft, low-frictional material component, while mustard seeds represent rigid, frictional grains. Some of the hydrogel spheres are doped with CuSO4 salt to serve as tracers. A cylindrical split-bottom cell is sheared stepwise and the shear profiles are determined from the differences of tomograms after successive shear steps, using Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Particle Tracking Velocimetry. We find that the shear zone geometry differs considerably between soft grains submersed in water and the same material without the embedding fluid.

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