Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-05-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
7 pages, 7 figures, accepted version to Europhys. Lett
Scientific paper
10.1209/epl/i2002-00309-6
We study the stress profile of an ordered two-dimensional packing of beads in response to the application of a vertical overload localized at its top surface. Disorder is introduced through the Coulombic friction between the grains which gives some indeterminacy and allows the choice of one constrained random number per grain in the calculation of the contact forces. The so-called `multi-agent' technique we use, lets us deal with systems as large as $1000\times1000$ grains. We show that the average response profile has a double peaked structure. At large depth $z$, the position of these peaks grows with $cz$, while their widths scales like $\sqrt{Dz}$. $c$ and $D$ are analogous to `propagation' and `diffusion' coefficients. Their values depend on that of the friction coefficient $\mu$. At small $\mu$, we get $c_0-c \propto \mu$ and $D \propto \mu^\beta$, with $\beta \sim 2.5$, which means that the peaks get closer and wider as the disorder gets larger. This behavior is qualitatively what was predicted in a model where a stochastic relation between the stress components is assumed.
Breton Laurent
Claudin Philippe
Clement Eric
Zucker Jean-Daniel
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