Jamming and fluctuations in granular drag

I. Albert, P. Tegzes, B. Kahng, R. Albert, J. G. Sample, M. Pfeifer, A. L. Barabási, T. Vicsek, P. Schiffer

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

We investigate the dynamic evolution of jamming in granular media through fluctuations in the granular drag force. The successive collapse and formation of jammed states give a stick-slip nature to the fluctuations which is independent of the contact surface between the grains and the dragged object, thus implying that the stress-induced collapse is nucleated in the bulk of the granular sample. We also find that while the fluctuations are periodic at small depths, they become “stepped” at large depths, a transition which we interpret as a consequence of the long-range nature of the force chains.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5122-5125
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume84
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

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