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A pressure-sensitive rheological origin of high friction angles of granular matter observed in NASA-MGM project

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An abnormally high peak friction angle of Ottawa sand was observed in(National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-tration)NASA-(Mechanics of Granular Materials)MGM tests in microgravity conditions on the space shuttle.Previous investigations have been unsuccessful in providing a constitutive insight into this behavior of granular materials under extremely low effective stress conditions.Here,a recently proposed unified constitutive model for transient rheological behavior of sand and other granular materials is adopted for the analytical assessment of high peak friction angles.For the first time,this long-eluded behavior of sand is attributed to a hidden rheological transition mechanism,that is not only rate-sensitive,but also pressure-sensitive.The NASA-MGM microgravity conditions show that shear-tests of sand can be performed under abnormally low confining stress conditions.The pressure-sensitive behavior of granular shearing that is previously ignored is studied based on the μ(I)rheology and its variations.Comparisons between the model and the NASA microgravity tests demonstrate a high degree of agreement.The research is highly valid for pressure-sensitive and rate-dependent problems that occur during earthquakes,landslides,and space exploration.

granular mattermicrogravitypressure-sensitiveNASA-MGM

程晓辉、肖世泽、杨森、赵乃峰、Alex Sixie Cao

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Department of Civil Engineering,Tsinghua University,Bejing 100084,China

College of Transportation Engineering,Nanjing Tech University,Nanjing 211816,China

Institute of Structural Engineering,ETH Zurich,Zurich 8092,Switzerland

ESA-CMSA/CSU Space Science and Utilization Collaboration Program

2024

中国物理B(英文版)
中国物理学会和中国科学院物理研究所

中国物理B(英文版)

CSTPCDEI
影响因子:0.995
ISSN:1674-1056
年,卷(期):2024.33(6)
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