Spanning the Scales of Granular Materials: Microscopic Force Imaging
arXiv:1408.2506 · doi:10.1038/ncomms7361
Abstract
If you walk on sand, it supports your weight. How do the disordered forces between particles in sand organize, to keep you from sinking? This simple question is surprisingly difficult to answer experimentally: measuring forces in three dimensions, between deeply buried grains, is challenging. We describe here experiments in which we have succeeded in measuring forces inside a granular packing subject to controlled deformations. We connect the measured micro-scale forces to the macro-scale packing force response with an averaging, mean field calculation. This calculation explains how the combination of packing structure and contact deformations produce the unexpected mechanical response of the packing, and reveals a surprising microscopic particle deformation enhancement mechanism.
arXiv commentData and code available at http://www.phy.duke.edu/~nb108/
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