Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2000-03-10
Granular Matter vol.2 iss.3 2000
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
12 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
One of the essential questions in the area of granular matter is, how to obtain macroscopic tensorial quantities like stress and strain from ``microscopic'' quantities like the contact forces in a granular assembly. Different averaging strategies are introduced, tested, and used to obtain volume fractions, coordination numbers, and fabric properties. We derive anew the non-trivial relation for the stress tensor that allows a straightforward calculation of the mean stress from discrete element simulations and comment on the applicability. Furthermore, we derive the ``elastic'' (reversible) mean displacement gradient, based on a best-fit hypothesis. Finally, different combinations of the tensorial quantities are used to compute some material properties. The bulk modulus, i.e. the stiffness of the granulate, is a linear function of the trace of the fabric tensor which itself is proportional to the density and the coordination number. The fabric, the stress and the strain tensors are {\em not} co-linear so that a more refined analysis than a classical elasticity theory is required.
Herrmann Hans Jürgen
Lätzel Marc
Luding Stefan
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