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Ball, R. C. and Blumenfeld, R.. (2002) Stress field in granular systems : loop forces and potential formulation. Physical Review Letters, Vol.88 (No.11). Article 115505 . ISSN 0031-9007
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.115505
Abstract
The transmission of stress through a marginally stable granular pile in two dimensions is exactly formulated in terms of a vector field of loop forces, and thence in terms of a single scalar potential. This leads to a local constitutive equation coupling the stress tensor to fluctuations in the local geometry. Fora disordered pile of rough grains this means the stress tensor components are coupled in a frustrated manner. In piles of rough grains with long range staggered order, frustration is avoided and a simple linear theory follows. We show that piles of smooth grains can be mapped onto a pile of unfrustrated rough grains, indicating that the problems of rough and smooth grains may be fundamentally distinct.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Physics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Granular materials, Strains and stresses |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Physical Review Letters |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
| Date: | 18 March 2002 |
| Volume: | Vol.88 |
| Number: | No.11 |
| Number of Pages: | 4 |
| Page Range: | Article 115505 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.115505 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Grant number: | GR/L59757 (EPSRC) |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/11122 |
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