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Static Friction Phenomena in Granular Materials: Coulomb Law vs. Particle Geometry

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-22 v1 adap-org Condensed Matter Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems

Abstract

The static as well as the dynamic behaviour of granular material are determined by dynamic {\it and} static friction. There are well known methods to include static friction in molecular dynamics simulations using scarcely understood forces. We propose an Ansatz based on the geometrical shape of nonspherical particles which does not involve an explicit expression for static friction. It is shown that the simulations based on this model are close to experimental results.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9309006,
  title  = {Static Friction Phenomena in Granular Materials: Coulomb Law vs. Particle Geometry},
  author = {T. Poeschel and V. Buchholtz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9309006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, Revtex, HLRZ-33/93