The effect of grain shape and material on the nonlocal rheology of dense granular flows
Farnaz Fazelpour, Zhu Tang, Karen E. Daniels
Abstract
Experiments using particles with a variety of particle shapes and stiffnesses reveal the success of nonlocal rheologies in new contexts, with the degree of nonlocality depending sensitively on particle properties.
Topics & Concepts
RheologyParticle (ecology)EllipseMechanicsGranular materialFlow (mathematics)Shear (geology)Coulomb frictionMaterials sciencePhysicsClassical mechanicsGeologyComposite materialNonlinear systemQuantum mechanicsAstronomyOceanographyGranular flow and fluidized bedsLandslides and related hazardsRock Mechanics and Modeling