Morphology-resolved stress contributions in sheared wet granular materials
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| author | Awdi, Ahmad Chateau, Camille Niang, Coumba Aimedieu, Patrick Roux, Jean-Noël Fall, Abdoulaye |
| author_facet | Awdi, Ahmad Chateau, Camille Niang, Coumba Aimedieu, Patrick Roux, Jean-Noël Fall, Abdoulaye |
| contents | Three-dimensional X-ray microtomography, coupled to rheometric measurements, enables a morphology-resolved reconstruction of capillary stresses at the grain scale in unsaturated wet granular materials. Liquid domains are automatically classified into capillary bridges, dimers, trimers, and larger clusters, and their spatial organization is tracked as a function of shear deformation and liquid content. We show that shear localization governs the redistribution of the liquid phase: capillary bridges remain uniformly distributed throughout the sample, while higher-order morphologies accumulate preferentially near the lower boundary of the shear-zone through a shear-driven coalescence mechanism. Despite this spatial localization, simple two-grain bridges generate the dominant contribution to the isotropic capillary pressure, accounting for nearly 85\% of the total at liquid-to-solid volume ratio $ε= 0.05$, whereas more complex liquid clusters contribute only weakly to the overall cohesion. Incorporating the morphology-resolved capillary pressure into an effective-stress framework qualitatively reproduces the macroscopic friction coefficient across the full range of investigated liquid contents, without adjustable parameters. These results establish a predictive micro--macro link between liquid morphology and the rheology of wet granular materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Morphology-resolved stress contributions in sheared wet granular materials Awdi, Ahmad Chateau, Camille Niang, Coumba Aimedieu, Patrick Roux, Jean-Noël Fall, Abdoulaye Soft Condensed Matter Three-dimensional X-ray microtomography, coupled to rheometric measurements, enables a morphology-resolved reconstruction of capillary stresses at the grain scale in unsaturated wet granular materials. Liquid domains are automatically classified into capillary bridges, dimers, trimers, and larger clusters, and their spatial organization is tracked as a function of shear deformation and liquid content. We show that shear localization governs the redistribution of the liquid phase: capillary bridges remain uniformly distributed throughout the sample, while higher-order morphologies accumulate preferentially near the lower boundary of the shear-zone through a shear-driven coalescence mechanism. Despite this spatial localization, simple two-grain bridges generate the dominant contribution to the isotropic capillary pressure, accounting for nearly 85\% of the total at liquid-to-solid volume ratio $ε= 0.05$, whereas more complex liquid clusters contribute only weakly to the overall cohesion. Incorporating the morphology-resolved capillary pressure into an effective-stress framework qualitatively reproduces the macroscopic friction coefficient across the full range of investigated liquid contents, without adjustable parameters. These results establish a predictive micro--macro link between liquid morphology and the rheology of wet granular materials. |
| title | Morphology-resolved stress contributions in sheared wet granular materials |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12152 |