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Stress fields in granular solids: Effect of composition

TitleStress fields in granular solids: Effect of composition
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsTopin V, Radjaï F, Delenne J-Y
SponsorTechnol GPowder Sci, Powderes & Sintered Mat Comm, Mat FSoc Met &, Grp FCeram
Conference NameSymposium on Science and Technology of Powders and Sintered Materials (STPMF 2009)
VolumePOWDER TECHNOLOGY
Number of Volumes208 Issue: 2 Special Issue: SI
Pagination568 - 573
Date PublishedMar-25-2011
Conference LocationMAY 25-27 2009 Montpellier, FRANCE
ISBN00325910
Abstract

We use the lattice element method to investigate stress fields at the sub-particle scale in granular solids composed of particles embedded in a cementing matrix. The stress distributions are found to be similar in 2D and 3D samples subjected to vertical loading with free lateral boundaries. We find that the number of strong forces falls off exponentially at high particle volume fractions where a percolating network of jammed particles occurs. The influence of the matrix volume fraction and particle/matrix stiffness ratio with respect to stress distribution is analyzed in 2D and 3D. We show that both decreasing the matrix volume fraction and increasing the stiffness ratio lead to increasingly broader distributions within a limit beyond which the distribution is independent of one or both of these parameters.

DOI10.1016/j.powtec.2010.08.060
Short TitlePowder Technology
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