Session J53: Disordered Systems: Jamming
11:15 AM–2:15 PM, Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Room: 153B
Sponsoring Unit:
GSNP
Chair: Patrick Charbonneau, Duke University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.J53.13
Abstract: J53.00013 : Jamming, Yielding and Rheology of Weakly Vibrated Granular Media
1:39 PM–1:51 PM
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Authors:
Geert Wortel
(University of Leiden)
Joshua Dijksman
(University of Leiden)
Olivier Dauchot
(CEA-Saclay)
Martin van Hecke
(University of Leiden)
We establish that the rheological curve of dry granular media is nonmonotonic, both in the presence and absence of external mechanical agitations. In the absence of vibrations, the nonmonotonic flow curve governs the yielding behavior of granular media. In the presence of weak vibrations, the nonmonotonic flow curves govern a hysteretic transition between slow but steady and fast, inertial flows. For large agitations, the transition becomes non-hysteretic. We probe the fluctuations near the point where the 1st order transition becomes of 2nd order.
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