Stresses in Smooth Flows of Dense Granular Media

Details Stresses in Smooth Flows of Dense Granular Media Stresses in Smooth Flows of Dense Granular Media

2006-11-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611080v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/78/58001

The form of the stress tensor is investigated in smooth, dense granular flows which are generated in split-bottom shear geometries. We find that, within a fluctuation fluidized spatial region, the form of the stress tensor is directly dictated by the flow field: The stress and strain-rate tensors are co-linear. The effective friction, defined as the ratio between shear and normal stresses acting on a shearing plane, is found not to be constant but to vary throughout the flowing zone. This variation can not be explained by inertial effects, but appears to be set by the local geometry of the flow field. This is in agreement with a recent prediction, but in contrast with most models for slow grain flows, and points to there being a subtle mechanism that selects the flow profiles.

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