Vertical pullout of a non-spherical intruder from a granular medium: From system-wide response to avalanching around the intruder

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Hauptverfasser: Krengel, Dominik, Chen, Jian, Nomura, Shun, Ota, Shunsuke, Takahashi, Hidenori
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author Krengel, Dominik
Chen, Jian
Nomura, Shun
Ota, Shunsuke
Takahashi, Hidenori
author_facet Krengel, Dominik
Chen, Jian
Nomura, Shun
Ota, Shunsuke
Takahashi, Hidenori
contents Intruder mechanics in a granular aggregate is a common subject in engineering and geotechnical applications. However, most studies are limited to spherical intruders or small displacement regimes up to the point of failure. In this work we investigate the vertical pullout of a plate-like intruder buried within a granular aggregate well past the point of failure. While we find the maximum resistance force to depend on the material properties, in the post failure regime the resistance force converges onto the same curve for all friction coefficients. Likewise, the effective geometry of the intruder will always develop the same conical shape on top of the plate, independent of the magnitude of friction, that remains unchanged during the pullout process once established. Further, between the intruder and the aggregate a natural hopper flow develops in which material is transported into the void below the intruder by discrete flow events.
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spellingShingle Vertical pullout of a non-spherical intruder from a granular medium: From system-wide response to avalanching around the intruder
Krengel, Dominik
Chen, Jian
Nomura, Shun
Ota, Shunsuke
Takahashi, Hidenori
Soft Condensed Matter
Intruder mechanics in a granular aggregate is a common subject in engineering and geotechnical applications. However, most studies are limited to spherical intruders or small displacement regimes up to the point of failure. In this work we investigate the vertical pullout of a plate-like intruder buried within a granular aggregate well past the point of failure. While we find the maximum resistance force to depend on the material properties, in the post failure regime the resistance force converges onto the same curve for all friction coefficients. Likewise, the effective geometry of the intruder will always develop the same conical shape on top of the plate, independent of the magnitude of friction, that remains unchanged during the pullout process once established. Further, between the intruder and the aggregate a natural hopper flow develops in which material is transported into the void below the intruder by discrete flow events.
title Vertical pullout of a non-spherical intruder from a granular medium: From system-wide response to avalanching around the intruder
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14326