ABOUT STRESS TRANSMISSION THROUGH DISORDERED MEDIA CONFINED IN SILO GEOMETRY

Abstract

Granular materials are found everywhere around us. A fundamental understanding of the behaviour of these materials is bound to have profound economic benefits. To understand the macroscopic behaviour of granular media and its relationship with the microscopic properties are major objectives of granular mechanics. However, presently macroscopic equations are empiric because of the complexities at the microscopic level. Granular media exhibit properties that are different from those of solids, liquids and gas and much of their behavior has not been fully understood. In this paper a brief survey of Physics of confined granular media has been presented. This is accomplished by reviewing the experimental and theoretical work done to determine the properties of static granular media and concerning theories presented to explain the properties. The apparent mass measurement at the bottom of a granular pile confined in a vertical tube decreases for denser granular packing. The denser granular packing comprising of two different diameters of granules augment the apparent mass instead. This anomalous behavior occurs when small granules are stacked on the large ones. In the case of anomalous increase, a percolation effect is found and correlated with the augment of apparent mass at the bottom of granular column