Sphere penetration by impact in a granular medium: A collisional process

Details Sphere penetration by impact in a granular medium: A collisional process Sphere penetration by impact in a granular medium: A collisional process

2009-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/0907.3453v2

Europhys. Lett. 88 (2009), 44002

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

6 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/88/44002

The penetration by a gravity driven impact of a solid sphere into a granular medium is studied by two-dimensional simulations. The scaling laws observed experimentally for both the final penetration depth and the stopping time with the relevant physical parameters are here recovered numerically without the consideration of any solid friction. Collisional processes are thus found as essential in explaining the physics of the qualitatively observed phenomena whereas frictional processes can only be considered as secondary effects in the granular penetration by impact.

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