Onset of Irreversibility in Cyclic Shear of Granular Packings

Details Onset of Irreversibility in Cyclic Shear of Granular Packings Onset of Irreversibility in Cyclic Shear of Granular Packings

2011-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/1109.5167v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.85.021309

We investigate the onset of irreversibility in a dense granular medium subjected to cyclic shear in a split-bottom geometry. To probe the micro and mesoscale we image bead trajectories in 3D throughout a series of shear strain oscillations. Though beads lose and regain contact with neighbors during a cycle, the topology of the contact network exhibits reversible properties for small oscillation amplitudes. With increasing reversal amplitude a transition to an irreversible diffusive regime occurs.

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