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Published on: January 26, 2014
Thermal Properties of Athermal Granular Materials
1Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, <a href="https://ror.org/04dkp9463">University of Amsterdam</a>, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aging in dry granular materials, which are typically athermal, causes a spontaneous increase in yield stress. This strengthening effect is logarithmic over time and influenced by temperature, similar to stress relaxation.
Area of Science:
- Physics
- Materials Science
- Rheology
Background:
- Dry granular materials comprise numerous particles interacting via friction.
- These systems are generally considered athermal due to particle size.
- Understanding aging mechanisms in such materials is crucial for predicting their behavior.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate aging phenomena in arrested granular flow.
- To isolate the evolution of interparticle forces and their impact on system properties.
- To explore the relationship between aging and stress relaxation in athermal granular networks.
Main Methods:
- Arresting the dynamics of flowing granular material into a steady-state configuration.
- Examining particle contact aging without bulk rearrangements.
- Measuring changes in interparticle forces and yield stress over time.
- Analyzing stress relaxation behavior under varying time and temperature conditions.
Main Results:
- Aging at particle contacts leads to a spontaneous increase in the system's yield stress.
- The strengthening process follows logarithmic time dependence.
- The rate of strengthening is temperature-dependent.
- Stress relaxation exhibits similar time and temperature dependencies as aging.
Conclusions:
- Athermal granular networks exhibit time- and temperature-dependent aging.
- Aging and stress relaxation in these systems likely share a common origin.
- Thermal molecular processes at the grain contact scale govern these phenomena.
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