Elastic medium confined in a column versus the Janssen experiment
Soft Condensed Matter
2016-08-16 v1
Abstract
We compute the stresses in an elastic medium confined in a vertical column, when the material is at the Coulomb threshold everywhere at the walls. Simulations are performed in 2 dimensions using a spring lattice, and in 3 dimensions, using Finite Element Method. The results are compared to the Janssen model and to experimental results for a granular material. The necessity to consider elastic anisotropy to render qualitatively the experimental findings is discussed.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412400,
title = {Elastic medium confined in a column versus the Janssen experiment},
author = {G. Ovarlez and E. Clément},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412400},
year = {2016}
}