Scaling theory of shear-induced inhomogeneous dilation in granular matter
Prasenjit Das1, H George E Hentschel1,2, Itamar Procaccia1
1Department of Chemical Physics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Abstract:
Shearing with a finite shear rate a compressed granular system results in a region of grains flowing over a compact, static assembly. Perforce this region is dilated to a degree that depends on the shear rate, the loading pressure, gravity, various material parameters, and the preparation protocol. In spite of numerous studies of granular flows a predictive theory of the amount of dilation is still lacking. Here, we offer a scaling theory that is focused on such a prediction as a function of shear rate and the dissipative parameters of the granular assembly. The resulting scaling laws are universal with respect to changing the interparticle force laws.
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