Power law scaling of early-stage forces during granular impact
arXiv:1912.10119 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.178002
Abstract
We experimentally and computationally study the early-stage forces during intruder impacts with granular beds in the regime where the impact velocity approaches the granular force propagation speed. Experiments use 2D assemblies of photoelastic disks of varying stiffness, and complimentary discrete-element simulations are performed in 2D and 3D. The peak force during the initial stages of impact and the time at which it occurs depend only on the impact speed, the intruder diameter, the mass density of the grains, and the elastic modulus of the grains according to power-law scaling forms that are not consistent with Poncelet models, granular shock theory, or added-mass models. The insensitivity of our results to many system details suggest that they may also apply to impacts into similar materials like foams and emulsions.
arXiv comment5 pages, 4 figures
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