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Saeed Khamseh1, Jean-Noël Roux1, François Chevoir1

  • 1Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, 2 Allée Kepler, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|September 19, 2015
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Simulations show that capillary forces in granular materials with interstitial liquid cause strain localization and affect internal friction, especially at low reduced pressures (P*). These cohesive effects significantly alter material behavior and structure, deviating from cohesionless models.

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