| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 140, 2017
Powders and Grains 2017 – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
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| Article Number | 03049 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Granular flow | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003049 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714003049
Tuning strain of granular matter by basal assisted Couette shear
1 Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708
2 Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France 34090
3 School of Earth Science and Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing Jiangsu, China 210098
* e-mail: yiqiu.zhao@duke.edu
** e-mail: jb@jonathan-bares.eu
*** e-mail: hz64@duke.edu
**** e-mail: bob@phy.duke.edu
Published online: 30 June 2017
We present a novel Couette shear apparatus capable of generating programmable azimuthal strain inside 2D granular matter under Couette shear. The apparatus consists of 21 independently movable concentric rings and two boundary wheels with frictional racks. This makes it possible to quasistatically shear the granular matter not only from the boundaries but also from the bottom. We show that, by specifying the collective motion of wheels and rings, the apparatus successfully generates the desired strain profile inside the sample granular system, which is composed of about 2000 photoelastic disks. The motion and stress of each particle is captured by an imaging system utilizing reflective photoelasticimetry. This apparatus provides a novel method to investigate shear jamming properties of granular matter with different interior strain profiles and unlimited strain amplitudes.
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