Quasi-rigidity: some uniqueness issues

Details Quasi-rigidity: some uniqueness issues Quasi-rigidity: some uniqueness issues

2006-03-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603761v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

14 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys Rev E (introduction and conclusion revised)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.74.061303

Quasi-rigidity means that one builds a theory for assemblies of grains under a slowly changing external load by using the deformation of those grains as a small parameter. Is quasi-rigidity a complete theory for these granular assemblies? Does it provide unique predictions of the assembly's behavior, or must some other process be invoked to decide between several possibilities? We provide evidence that quasi-rigidity is a complete theory by showing that two possible sources of indeterminacy do not exist for the case of disk shaped grains. One possible source of indeterminacy arises from zero-frequency modes present in the packing. This problem can be solved by considering the conditions required to obtain force equilibrium. A second possible source of indeterminacy is the necessity to choose the status (sliding or non-sliding) at each contact. We show that only one choice is permitted, if contacts slide only when required by Coulomb friction.

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