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Quantitative Understanding of the Onset of Dense Granular Flows

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 130, Issue 10, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.108201

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The question of when dense granular materials start to flow under stress has not been resolved. A simple equation based on frictional aging of the granular packing is developed and tested, resulting in a nonmonotonic stress-strain relation independent of shear rate. This relation helps understand the quasistatic deformations and solid-to-liquid transition of aging granular media. It also explains the flow history dependence of mechanical properties and sensitivity to initial preparation of granular media.
The question of when and how dense granular materials start to flow under stress, despite many industrial and geophysical applications, remains largely unresolved. We develop and test a simple equation for the onset of quasistatic flows of granular materials which is based on the frictional aging of the granular packing. The result is a nonmonotonic stress-strain relation which-akin to classical friction-is independent of the shear rate. This relation suffices to understand the quasistatic deformations of aging granular media, and its solid-to-liquid transition. Our results also elucidate the (flow) history dependence of the mechanical properties, and the sensitivity to the initial preparation of granular media.

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