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Flow-induced shear instabilities of cohesive granulates
Ilenia Battiato1, Jürgen Vollmer
1Clemson University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA. ibattia@clemson.edu
Abstract:
In this work we use a multiscale framework to calculate the fluidization threshold of three-dimensional cohesive granulates under shear forces exerted by a creeping flow. A continuum model of flow through porous media provides an analytical expression for the average drag force on a single grain. The balance equation for the forces and a force propagation model are then used to investigate the effects of porosity and packing structure on the stability of the pile. We obtain a closed-form expression for the instability threshold of a regular packing of monodisperse frictionless cohesive spherical grains in a planar fracture. Our result quantifies the compound effect of structural (packing orientation and porosity) and dynamical properties of the system on its stability.
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