Compaction dynamics in ductile granular media

Details Compaction dynamics in ductile granular media Compaction dynamics in ductile granular media

2005-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510523v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

11 pages, 14 figures

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Ductile compaction is common in many natural systems, but the temporal evolution of such systems is rarely studied. We observe surprising oscillations in the weight measured at the bottom of a self-compacting ensemble of ductile grains. The oscillations develop during the first ten hours of the experiment, and usually persist through the length of an experiment (one week). The weight oscillations are connected to the grain--wall contacts, and are directly correlated with the observed strain evolution and the dynamics of grain--wall contacts during the compaction. Here, we present the experimental results and characteristic time constants of the system, and discuss possible reasons for the measured weight oscillations.

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