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Additional transition line in jammed asymmetric bidisperse granular packings

Soft Condensed Matter 2020-11-25 v1

Abstract

We present numerical evidence for an additional discontinuous transition inside the jammed regime for an asymmetric bidisperse granular packing upon compression. This additional transition line separates jammed states with networks of predominantly large particles from jammed networks formed by both large and small particles, and the transition is indicated by a discontinuity in the number of particles contributing to the jammed network. The additional transition line emerges from the curves of jamming transitions and terminates in an end-point where the discontinuity vanishes. The additional line is starting at a size ratio around δ=0.22\delta = 0.22 and grows longer for smaller δ\delta. For δ0\delta \to 0, the additional transition line approaches a limit that can be derived analytically. The observed jamming scenarios are reminiscent of glass-glass transitions found in colloidal glasses.

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@article{arxiv.2002.02206,
  title  = {Additional transition line in jammed asymmetric bidisperse granular packings},
  author = {Juan C. Petit and Nishant Kumar and Stefan Luding and Matthias Sperl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02206},
  year   = {2020}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures

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