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Orientational-induced strain hardening of axisymmetric grains
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada.
Abstract:
The rheological response of oriented axisymmetric grains has additional degrees of complexity associated with their microstructure orientation. These additional kinematic degrees of freedom that give rise to complex transient macroscale rheological responses are not well understood. In this Letter, we study the rheology of axisymmetric grains subjected to transient flow. We identify strong coupling between the microstructure rearrangement and strain hardening which, under certain conditions, can yield jamming. We identify the critical conditions corresponding to jamming and the dependency on the shape of the grains. It is shown that this is a particular form of jamming that is directional in nature, since unjamming occurs if the shear direction is reversed.
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