Quaking in Soft Granular Particles with Speed-dependent Friction: Role of Critical Volume Fraction and Inertia

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Main Authors: Lo, Wei-Chang, Tsai, Jih-Chiang
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author Lo, Wei-Chang
Tsai, Jih-Chiang
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Tsai, Jih-Chiang
contents Our previous numerical simulation [C.-E. Tsai et al., Physical Review Research \textbf{6}, 023065 (2024)] has shown that, for soft granular particles under quasistatic shearing, incorporating a speed-dependent friction is essential to reproduce the rate-dependent stick-slip fluctuations that have been found in the laboratory experiment [J.-C. Tsai et al., Physical Review Letters \textbf{126}, 128001 (2021)]. As a continuation, here we employ the simulation in a wide range of driving speeds to examine the role of grain inertia in the quaking dynamics. With our Stribeck-Hertz model, we find that having the volume fraction exceeding a critical value $ϕ_{\text{c}}$ is a necessary condition for the quaking to occur, and that the value of $ϕ_{\text{c}}$ is determined by material parameters only, independent of the driving rate. The effect of grain inertia generally suppresses the occurrence of quaking, and we conclude by presenting the state diagrams which exhibit a progressive narrowing of the quaking regime as the driving speed increases and the disappearance of quaking at an extremely high shear rate.
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spellingShingle Quaking in Soft Granular Particles with Speed-dependent Friction: Role of Critical Volume Fraction and Inertia
Lo, Wei-Chang
Tsai, Jih-Chiang
Soft Condensed Matter
Our previous numerical simulation [C.-E. Tsai et al., Physical Review Research \textbf{6}, 023065 (2024)] has shown that, for soft granular particles under quasistatic shearing, incorporating a speed-dependent friction is essential to reproduce the rate-dependent stick-slip fluctuations that have been found in the laboratory experiment [J.-C. Tsai et al., Physical Review Letters \textbf{126}, 128001 (2021)]. As a continuation, here we employ the simulation in a wide range of driving speeds to examine the role of grain inertia in the quaking dynamics. With our Stribeck-Hertz model, we find that having the volume fraction exceeding a critical value $ϕ_{\text{c}}$ is a necessary condition for the quaking to occur, and that the value of $ϕ_{\text{c}}$ is determined by material parameters only, independent of the driving rate. The effect of grain inertia generally suppresses the occurrence of quaking, and we conclude by presenting the state diagrams which exhibit a progressive narrowing of the quaking regime as the driving speed increases and the disappearance of quaking at an extremely high shear rate.
title Quaking in Soft Granular Particles with Speed-dependent Friction: Role of Critical Volume Fraction and Inertia
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25932