Creep control in soft particle packings
arXiv:2205.05524 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.238002
Abstract
Granular packings display a wealth of mechanical features which are of widespread significance. One of these features is creep: the slow deformation under applied stress. Creep is common for many other amorphous materials such as many metals and polymers. The slow motion of creep is challenging to understand, probe and control. We probe the creep properties of packings of soft spheres with a sinking ball viscometer. We find that in our granular packings, creep persists up to large strains and has a power law form, with diffusive dynamics. The creep amplitude is exponentially dependent on both applied stress and the concentration of hydrogel, suggesting that a competition between driving and confinement determines the dynamics. Our results provide insights into the mechanical properties of soft solids and the scaling laws provide a clear benchmark for new theory that explains creep, and provide the tantalizing prospect that creep can be controlled by a boundary stress.
arXiv comment4 figures plus supplementary material, accepted for Phys Rev Lett
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