Solidified and fluidized States of Wet Granular Materials

In this study we have attempted to computed amplitude of the external force at solidification, i.e., the jamming force s F , as a function of the capillary bridge energythe packing fraction  , and the aspect ratio of dimers Based on data collapse, an equation for amplitude of the external force at solidification s F is derived. s Fhas scaling and logarithmic relations with and respectively, exactly the same type reported for wet disks earlier. Interestingly, s F does not depend on the aspect ratio of dimers  . The only difference is that wet dimers are found to be more stiffer than wet disks. However, the similarities of the equations describing s F of wet dimersand disks imply that there exists, yet unknown, universal aspects of mechanical response of wet granular materials to the external forces, independent from the particleshape

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Non-equilibrium dynamics ، Wet granular materials ، Jamming force