Shear zone refraction and deflection in layered granular materials

Details Shear zone refraction and deflection in layered granular materials Shear zone refraction and deflection in layered granular materials

2009-06-11

arxiv.org/abs/0906.2090v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. E (Rap. Comm.)

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Refraction and deflection of shear zones in layered granular materials was studied experimentally and numerically. We show, that (i) according to a recent theoretical prediction [T. Unger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 018301 (2007)] shear zones refract in layered systems in analogy with light refraction, (ii) zone refraction obeys Snell's law known from geometric optics and (iii) under natural pressure conditions (i.e. in the presence of gravity) the zone can also be deflected by the interface so that the deformation of the high friction material is avoided.

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