Fracture reveals clustering in cohesive granular matter

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Beitragende

  • Franco Tapia - , École normale supérieure de Lyon (Autor:in)
  • Stéphane Santucci - , École normale supérieure de Lyon (Autor:in)
  • Jean Christophe Géminard - , École normale supérieure de Lyon (Autor:in)

Abstract

We report an experimental study of the morphology of fractures in cohesive granular materials. Cohesion is introduced by equilibrating the grains with a humid atmosphere. The setup allows to produce a controlled crack in a thin layer of a glass beads assembly, and observe with an extremely high resolution the edge of the fracture at the free surface of the layer. The detailed multi-scale analysis of the fracture profile reveals the presence, in the bulk of the material, of clusters of grains whose size increases monotonically with the relative humidity. These results are important because the formation of clusters, resulting in a heterogeneity of the cohesion force, governs the mechanical properties of cohesive granular matter in contact with a humid atmosphere.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer64001
FachzeitschriftEurophysics Letters
Jahrgang115
Ausgabenummer6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 84994644561

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