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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 124, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.128002
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- Singapore Ministry of Education through the Academic Research Fund (Tier 2) [MOE2017-T2-1-066 (S)]
- National Science Foundation [DMR-1609841]
- MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE [PGC2018-097842-B-I00]
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When grains are added to a cylinder, the weight at the bottom is smaller than the total weight of the column, which is partially supported by the lateral walls through frictional interactions with the grains. This is known as the Janssen effect. Via a combined experimental and numerical investigation, here we demonstrate a reverse Jansen effect whereby the fraction of the weight supported by the base overcomes one. We characterize the dependence of this phenomenon on the various control parameters involved, rationalize the physical process causing the emergence of the compressional frictional forces responsible for the anomaly, and introduce a model to reproduce our findings. Contrary to prior assumptions, our results demonstrate that the constitutive relation on a material element can depend on the applied stress.
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