Scaling Theory of Giant Frictional Slips in Decompressed Granular Media
arXiv:1805.11439 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/125/68004
Abstract
When compressed frictional granular media are decompressed, generically a fragile configuration is created at low pressures. Typically this is accompanied by a giant frictional slippage as the fragile state collapses. We show that this instability is understood in terms of a scaling theory with theoretically computable amplitudes and exponents. The amplitude diverges in the thermodynamic limit hinting to the possibility of huge frictional slip events in decompressed granular media. The physics of this slippage is discussed in terms of the probability distribution functions of the tangential and normal forces on the grains which are highly correlated due to the Coulomb condition.
arXiv comment5 pages, 5 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1804.07710
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