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Area of Science:

  • Computational mechanics
  • Material science
  • Geophysics

Background:

  • Understanding particle breakage is crucial for various scientific and engineering fields.
  • Existing models often simplify particle geometry and fracture mechanics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and implement a discrete element model for simulating single particle breakage upon impact.
  • To analyze the influence of impact energy on fracture dynamics and fragment characteristics.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling particles as aggregates of polyhedral cells with surfaces governed by the Griffith fracture criterion.
  • Implementing the model within a discrete element code.
  • Simulating particle impact on a rigid plane under varying normalized impact energy (ω).

Main Results:

  • Identified three distinct fracture regimes based on normalized impact energy: elastic rebound, crack propagation without breakup, and fragmentation.
  • Observed that the restitution coefficient initially declines and then increases with impact energy beyond a fragmentation threshold.
  • Demonstrated that particle damage, restitution coefficient, and fracture efficiency scale with dimensionless parameters.
  • Found fragment mass distributions follow a power-law, and fragment shape characteristics align with experimental and lunar sample data at optimal fracture efficiency.

Conclusions:

  • The developed model accurately captures particle breakage phenomena across different impact energy levels.
  • The study provides insights into scaling laws for fragment size and shape distributions.
  • Results offer valuable data for optimizing fracture processes and understanding granular material behavior.