Anomalous Creep as a Precursor to Failure in Granular Materials
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| author | Farain, Kasra Bonn, Daniel |
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| contents | Granular materials, composed of discrete solid grains, can be modeled as simple mechanical systems. However, these materials can undergo spontaneous slow deformation, or creep, even under small forces and while in apparent mechanical equilibrium; a phenomenon central to understanding soil mechanics and the behavior of earthquake faults. We show that creep in granular materials originates from frictional dynamics at the contact points between grains. We reveal that the stability of these materials is governed by the interplay between creep and aging at these frictional contacts. Near the yield threshold, the frictional interactions result in anomalously accelerating creep, eventually leading to the delayed failure of the fragile packing. This behavior may serve as an early warning signal for catastrophic events like earthquakes and landslides. |
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| spellingShingle | Anomalous Creep as a Precursor to Failure in Granular Materials Farain, Kasra Bonn, Daniel Soft Condensed Matter Granular materials, composed of discrete solid grains, can be modeled as simple mechanical systems. However, these materials can undergo spontaneous slow deformation, or creep, even under small forces and while in apparent mechanical equilibrium; a phenomenon central to understanding soil mechanics and the behavior of earthquake faults. We show that creep in granular materials originates from frictional dynamics at the contact points between grains. We reveal that the stability of these materials is governed by the interplay between creep and aging at these frictional contacts. Near the yield threshold, the frictional interactions result in anomalously accelerating creep, eventually leading to the delayed failure of the fragile packing. This behavior may serve as an early warning signal for catastrophic events like earthquakes and landslides. |
| title | Anomalous Creep as a Precursor to Failure in Granular Materials |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02288 |