Power-law friction in closely-packed granular materials

Details Power-law friction in closely-packed granular materials Power-law friction in closely-packed granular materials

2006-12-14

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0612360v2

Phys. Rev. E 75, 060301(R) (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.75.060301

In order to understand the nature of friction in closely-packed granular materials, a discrete element simulation on granular layers subjected to isobaric plain shear is performed. It is found that the friction coefficient increases as the power of the shear rate, the exponent of which does not depend on the material constants. Using a nondimensional parameter that is known as the inertial number, the power-law can be cast in a generalized form so that the friction coefficients at different confining pressures collapse on the same curve. We show that the volume fraction also obeys a power-law.

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