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Hemmerle, Arnaud ; Yamaguchi, Yuta ; Makowski, Marcin ; Bäumchen, Oliver ; Goehring, Lucas:
Measuring and upscaling micromechanical interactions in a cohesive granular material.
In: Soft Matter.
Vol. 17
(2021)
Issue 23
.
- pp. 5806-5814.
ISSN 1744-6848
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SM00458A.
Abstract in another language
The mechanical properties of a disordered heterogeneous medium depend, in general, on a complex interplay between multiple length scales. Connecting local interactions to macroscopic observables, such as stiffness or fracture, is thus challenging in this type of material. Here, we study the properties of a cohesive granular material composed of glass beads held together by soft polymer bridges. We characterise the mechanical response of single bridges under traction and shear, using a setup based on the deflection of flexible micropipettes. These measurements, along with information from X-ray microtomograms of the granular packings, then inform large-scale discrete element model (DEM) simulations. Although simple, these simulations are constrained in every way by empirical measurement and accurately predict mechanical responses of the aggregates, including details on their compressive failure, and how the material's stiffness depends on the stiffness and geometry of its parts. By demonstrating how to accurately relate microscopic information to macroscopic properties, these results provide new perspectives for predicting the behaviour of complex disordered materials, such as porous rock, snow, or foam.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics V Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Experimental Physics V > Chair Experimental Physics V - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science 500 Science > 530 Physics |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2021 08:15 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2021 08:15 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/66042 |