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  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Granular Mechanics

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  • Understanding amorphous materials is challenging due to imprecise structural data.
  • Connecting local structure to local dynamics in disordered solids requires robust methods.
  • Granular pillars under compression serve as models for disordered solids.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the influence of particle shape on granular pillar mechanics.
  • To elucidate the relationship between local structure and dynamics in amorphous materials.
  • To quantify the impact of particle connectivity (monomers, dimers, trimers) on material response.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated uniaxial compression of a two-dimensional granular pillar.
  • Utilized three particle shapes: monomers (circles), dimers (bonded pairs), and trimers (bonded triangles).
  • Tracked individual particle trajectories and measured global pillar response.

Main Results:

  • Dimers significantly enhance pillar strength, dependent on initial orientational order.
  • Distinct void formation rates observed for different particle shapes.
  • A novel metric confirmed the robustness of local amorphous structure anisotropy.

Conclusions:

  • Particle shape and bonding (dimers) are critical factors in granular material strength.
  • Local structure anisotropy is a persistent feature across different particle shapes.
  • Direct correlations between local deformation rates and local structure were established.