Photoelastic Grain Solver v2.0: An updated tool for analysis of force measurements in granular materials

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Hauptverfasser: Lee, Carmen L., McCabe, Lori, McMillan, Ben, Naseer, Abrar, Xie, Dong, Brzinski, Ted, Daniels, Karen E., Murthy, Tejas, Nordstrom, Kerstin
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author Lee, Carmen L.
McCabe, Lori
McMillan, Ben
Naseer, Abrar
Xie, Dong
Brzinski, Ted
Daniels, Karen E.
Murthy, Tejas
Nordstrom, Kerstin
author_facet Lee, Carmen L.
McCabe, Lori
McMillan, Ben
Naseer, Abrar
Xie, Dong
Brzinski, Ted
Daniels, Karen E.
Murthy, Tejas
Nordstrom, Kerstin
contents Photoelastic force imaging is an experimental technique whereby a birefringent granular material is imaged with a polariscope to characterize the internal stress state of a granular material. Photoelasticimetry is the only proven experimental technique that allows researchers to measure the shear and normal forces at every particle contact in a granular packing. In 2017, Kollmer et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 051808 (2017)] developed an open-source software to perform this analysis. Here, we present the next substantial update to this software package. The new version improves resolution and efficiency and substantially changes the software architecture. The structural changes better facilitate add-ons, modules, and future improvements to the performance, accessibility, and versatility of the tool. Besides updates to the core software, we introduce new infrastructure to support the ongoing development of software, documentation, and training materials. The full development team, software, and supporting resources are available at https://github.com/photoelasticity .
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spellingShingle Photoelastic Grain Solver v2.0: An updated tool for analysis of force measurements in granular materials
Lee, Carmen L.
McCabe, Lori
McMillan, Ben
Naseer, Abrar
Xie, Dong
Brzinski, Ted
Daniels, Karen E.
Murthy, Tejas
Nordstrom, Kerstin
Soft Condensed Matter
Photoelastic force imaging is an experimental technique whereby a birefringent granular material is imaged with a polariscope to characterize the internal stress state of a granular material. Photoelasticimetry is the only proven experimental technique that allows researchers to measure the shear and normal forces at every particle contact in a granular packing. In 2017, Kollmer et al. [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 88, 051808 (2017)] developed an open-source software to perform this analysis. Here, we present the next substantial update to this software package. The new version improves resolution and efficiency and substantially changes the software architecture. The structural changes better facilitate add-ons, modules, and future improvements to the performance, accessibility, and versatility of the tool. Besides updates to the core software, we introduce new infrastructure to support the ongoing development of software, documentation, and training materials. The full development team, software, and supporting resources are available at https://github.com/photoelasticity .
title Photoelastic Grain Solver v2.0: An updated tool for analysis of force measurements in granular materials
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01933