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Particle shape versus friction in granular jamming

Pournin, Lionel  
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Tsukahara, Michel  
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Liebling, Thomas M.  
Nakagawa, Masami
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Luding, Stefan
2009
Powders and Grains 2009
Powders and Grains 2009

What is the influence of sand grain shapes on an hourglass accuracy, and how does it affect the jamming probability? We study such a question using numerical simulation and our recently introduced spheropolyhedral particles. Spheropolyhedra constitute a very rich class of shapes that naturally generalize the traditional spheres used in the Distinct Element Model. Our experiment consists in pouring particles into a container pierced with a circular opening, and to note whether they flow or jam. By repeating this experiment, one can evaluate the jamming probability of a given granular assembly. We show here that intuition is misleading: while the jamming probability is clearly dependent on friction, it does not show a dependence on particle sharpness.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1063/1.3179971
Web of Science ID

WOS:000270602900112

Author(s)
Pournin, Lionel  
Tsukahara, Michel  
Liebling, Thomas M.  
Editors
Nakagawa, Masami
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Luding, Stefan
Date Issued

2009

Publisher

AIP

Published in
Powders and Grains 2009
Series title/Series vol.

AIP Conference Proceedings; 1145

Start page

499

End page

502

Subjects

spheropolyhedra

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jamming

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particle shape

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friction

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DEM

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
Powders and Grains 2009

Golden, CO

July 13-17, 2009

Available on Infoscience
May 11, 2009
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