The effects of interparticle cohesion on the collapse of granular columns

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Autores principales: Sharma, Ram Sudhir, Sarlin, Wladimir, Xing, Langqi, Morize, Cyprien, Gondret, Philippe, Sauret, Alban
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Publicado: 2024
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author Sharma, Ram Sudhir
Sarlin, Wladimir
Xing, Langqi
Morize, Cyprien
Gondret, Philippe
Sauret, Alban
author_facet Sharma, Ram Sudhir
Sarlin, Wladimir
Xing, Langqi
Morize, Cyprien
Gondret, Philippe
Sauret, Alban
contents The presence of interparticle cohesion can drastically change the behavior of granular materials. For instance, powders are challenging to handle, and one can make a sandcastle using wet grains. In this study, we report experimental results for columns of model cohesive grains collapsing under their own weight in air and spreading on a rough horizontal surface. The effects of two different sources of interparticle cohesion on two collapse geometries are compared and rationalized in a common framework. Grains are made cohesive by adding a small amount of water, such that they are in the pendular state, or by applying a polymer coating. The effects of cohesion are reported for a cylindrical column that spreads unconfined axisymmetrically and a confined rectangular column that flows in a single direction. A dimensionless number, comparing macroscopic cohesive strength to particle weight, is shown to capture the effects of cohesion on the final morphology. To this end, a characterization of the cohesive strength of the granular materials is obtained, independent of the physical source of cohesion at the particle scale. Such a framework allows for a common description of cohesive granular materials with different sources of cohesion.
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spellingShingle The effects of interparticle cohesion on the collapse of granular columns
Sharma, Ram Sudhir
Sarlin, Wladimir
Xing, Langqi
Morize, Cyprien
Gondret, Philippe
Sauret, Alban
Soft Condensed Matter
The presence of interparticle cohesion can drastically change the behavior of granular materials. For instance, powders are challenging to handle, and one can make a sandcastle using wet grains. In this study, we report experimental results for columns of model cohesive grains collapsing under their own weight in air and spreading on a rough horizontal surface. The effects of two different sources of interparticle cohesion on two collapse geometries are compared and rationalized in a common framework. Grains are made cohesive by adding a small amount of water, such that they are in the pendular state, or by applying a polymer coating. The effects of cohesion are reported for a cylindrical column that spreads unconfined axisymmetrically and a confined rectangular column that flows in a single direction. A dimensionless number, comparing macroscopic cohesive strength to particle weight, is shown to capture the effects of cohesion on the final morphology. To this end, a characterization of the cohesive strength of the granular materials is obtained, independent of the physical source of cohesion at the particle scale. Such a framework allows for a common description of cohesive granular materials with different sources of cohesion.
title The effects of interparticle cohesion on the collapse of granular columns
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07285