Jamming and fluctuations in granular drag

We investigate the dynamic evolution of jamming in granular media through fluctuations in the granular drag force. The successive collapse and formation of jammed states give a stick-slip nature to the fluctuations which is independent of the contact surface between the grains and the dragged object...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2000-05, Vol.84 (22), p.5122-5125
Main Authors: Albert, I, I, Tegzes, P, Kahng, B, Albert, R, Sample, JG, Pfeifer, M, Barabasi, A, Vicsek, T, Schiffer, P
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Language:English
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Summary:We investigate the dynamic evolution of jamming in granular media through fluctuations in the granular drag force. The successive collapse and formation of jammed states give a stick-slip nature to the fluctuations which is independent of the contact surface between the grains and the dragged object, thus implying that the stress-induced collapse is nucleated in the bulk of the granular sample. We also find that while the fluctuations are periodic at small depths, they become "stepped" at large depths, a transition which we interpret as a consequence of the long-range nature of the force chains.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5122