DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10123-0
Friction and rotation modes in a packing of cylinders under shear stress
Y. Khidas, M. Ammi, R. Delannay and L. OgerGroupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, UMR6626, Bât. 11A, Campus de Beaulieu, Université Rennes 1, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France yacine.khidas@univ-mlv.fr
(Received 5 September 2002 and Received in final form 6 March 2003 / Published online: 12 May 2003)
Abstract
We study the influence of collective processes such as rotations on the
effective friction of sheared granular media made of two-dimensional array
of cylinders. An original experimental device allows us to measure
simultaneously grain rotations and the global friction force between the
packing and the basal plane. It is shown that the correlation between these
two quantities can be analyzed at two different time scales:
1. Averaging over the duration of a whole experiment, the mean sliding
behavior of the first row on the base of the packing describes
satisfactorily the global friction force.
2. At short-time, description of this correlation requires the knowledge of
the propagation of rotation perpendicularly to the shear direction.
45.70.-n - Granular systems.
62.20.-x - Mechanical properties of solids.
81.05.Rm - Porous materials; granular materials.
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