Monday, May 7, 2012

1205.0999 (Roman Mani et al.)

Fluid depletion in shear bands    [PDF]

Roman Mani, Dirk Kadau, Dani Or, Hans J. Herrmann
How does pore liquid reconfigure within shear bands in wet granular media? Conventional wisdom predicts that liquid is drawn into dilating granular media. We, however, find a depletion of liquid in shear bands despite increased porosity due to dilatancy. This apparent paradox is resolved by a microscale model for liquid transport at low liquid contents induced by rupture and reconfiguration of individual liquid bridges. Measured liquid content profiles show macroscopic depletion bands similar to results of numerical simulations. We derive a modified diffusion description for rupture-induced liquid migration.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.0999

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