Wrinkles, folds and plasticity in granular rafts
arXiv:1802.02553 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.042601
Abstract
We investigate the mechanical response of a compressed monolayer of large and dense particles at a liquid-fluid interface: a granular raft. Upon compression, rafts first wrinkle; then, as the confinement increases, the deformation localizes in a unique fold. This characteristic buckling pattern is usually associated to floating elastic sheets and as a result, particle laden interfaces are often modeled as such. Here, we push this analogy to its limits by comparing the first quantitative measurements of the raft morphology to a theoretical continuous elastic model of the interface. We show that although powerful to describe the wrinkle wavelength, the wrinkle-to-fold transition and the fold shape, this elastic description does not capture the finer details of the experiment. We describe an unpredicted secondary wavelength, a compression discrepancy with the model and a hysteretic behavior during compression cycles, all of which are a signature of the intrinsic discrete and frictional nature of granular rafts. It suggests also that these composite materials exhibit both plastic transition and jamming dynamics.
arXiv comment10 pages, including Supplementary Information. Submitted to Physical Review Materials
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