Journal
GRANULAR MATTER
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 215-218Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-011-0252-9
Keywords
Localization; Periodicity; Bifurcation; Instability; Buckling
Funding
- Australian Research Council [DP0772409]
- US Army Research Office [W911NF-07-1-0370]
- Australian Research Council [DP0772409] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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We examine the confined elastic buckling of a single N-particle force chain. For a given set of material parameters, a characteristic load-carrying capacity is attained for a clearly defined range of force chain lengths N a parts per thousand yen L*. The rotation and translation of particles along periodically located segments of the critical buckling mode, each of length L*, are on average consistent with those for particles inside the shear band. Preliminary results from postbuckling analysis show that the critical buckling mode is unstable and that buckling culminates in a localized response over one of these segments where observed shear band kinematics prevail. Thus, the localized buckling response is characterized by the rotation of a finite number of particles with a clearly defined length L*. For a wide range of material properties, L* is around eight particle diameters-the observed shear band thickness for many granular materials, most notably sand.
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