Stress propagation in locally loaded packings of disks and pentagons

Abstract

A granular medium composed of pentagons transmits stresses more directly from a local load to the walls of its container than does a medium composed of disks made of the same material.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Source ID
10.1039/d1sm01137e

Entities

People

  • Hu Zheng
  • Joshua E. S. Socolar
  • Karen E Daniels
  • Ryan Kozlowski

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Duke University
  • North Carolina State University
  • Tongji University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Structural Dynamics.