Jamming of 3D Prolate Granular Materials

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2006-08-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608674v1

Phys. Rev. E 73, 031306 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.73.031306

We have found that the ability of long thin rods to jam into a solid-like state in response to a local perturbation depends upon both the particle aspect ratio and the container size. The dynamic phase diagram in this parameter space reveals a broad transition region separating granular stick-slip and solid-like behavior. In this transition region the pile displays both solid and stick-slip behavior. We measure the force on a small object pulled through the pile, and find the fluctuation spectra to have power law tails with an exponent characteristic of the region. The exponent varies from $\beta=-2$ in the stick-slip region to $\beta=-1$ in the solid region. These values reflect the different origins -- granular rearrangements vs. dry friction -- of the fluctuations. Finally, the packing fraction shows only a slight dependence on container size, but depends on aspect ratio in a manner predicted by a mean field theory and implies an aspect-ratio independent contact number of $ = 5.25 \pm 0.03$.

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