Influence of humidity on granular packings with moving walls

Details Influence of humidity on granular packings with moving walls Influence of humidity on granular packings with moving walls

2004-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401558v3

Europhys. Lett. 67 (2004), 955-961

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/epl/i2004-10157-x

A significant dependence on the relative humidity H for the apparent mass (Mapp) measured at the bottom of a granular packing inside a vertical tube in relative motion is demonstrated experimentally. While the predictions of Janssen's model are verified for all values of H investigated (25%< H <80%), Mapp increases with time towards a limiting value at high relative humidities (H>60%) but remains constant at lower ones (H=25%). The corresponding Janssen length is nearly independent of the tube velocity for H>60% but decreases markedly for H=25%. Other differences are observed on the motion of individual beads in the packing. For H=25%, they are almost motionless while the mean particle fraction of the packing remains constant; for H>60% the bead motion is much more significant and the mean particle fraction decreases. The dependence of these results on the bead diameter and their interpretation in terms of the influence of capillary forces are discussed.

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