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dc.contributor.authorShaebani, R.
dc.contributor.authorMadadi, Mahyar
dc.contributor.authorLuding, S.
dc.contributor.authorWolf, D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:09:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:09:27Z
dc.date.created2013-03-20T20:00:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationShaebani, Reza M. and Madadi, Mahyar and Luding, Stefan and Wolf, Dietrich E. 2012. Influence of polydispersity on micromechanics of granular materials. Physical Review E. 85 (1): pp. 011301-1 – 011301-12.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8927
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011301
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We study the effect of polydispersity on the macroscopic physical properties of granular packings in two and three dimensions. A mean-field approach is developed to approximate the macroscale quantities as functions of the microscopic ones. We show that the trace of the fabric and stress tensors are proportional to the mean packing properties (e.g., packing fraction, average coordination number, and average normal force) and dimensionless correction factors, which depend only on the moments of the particle-size distribution. Similar results are obtained for the elements of the stiffness tensor of isotropic packings in the linear affine response regime. Our theoretical predictions are in good agreement with the simulation results.

dc.publisherThe American Physical Society
dc.titleInfluence of polydispersity on micromechanics of granular materials
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume85
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage011301--
dcterms.source.issn1539-3755
dcterms.source.titlePhysical Review E
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