Effect of relative humidity on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media
Abstract
We study the influence of relative humidity (RH) on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media. Previous work has shown that the nonlinear elastic response of consolidated granular media like rocks likely arises from two distinct mechanisms; however, we do not have a clear understanding of their physical origins at the microscopic scale. Here, we conduct dynamic acousto-elastic testing (DAET) on samples of glass beads under dry (∼10%), ambient (∼60%), and humid (∼100%) conditions at room temperature and a constant static stress of 4 MPa. DAET allows us to retrieve the full nonlinear elastic response, including transient softening and hysteretic effects. We find that the elastic nonlinearity of humid samples is an order of magnitude larger than dry samples. Moreover, we find that all extracted nonlinear parameters increase with RH. This overall increase in nonlinearity is consistent with findings from previous studies and with the hypothesis that water adsorption on the grains makes the contact junctions weaker and prone to greater disturbances when subjected to dynamic stressing. Our results also suggest that, if indeed both mechanisms coexist, they are affected in a similar fashion in these glass bead samples and cannot be distinguished by varying RH.
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- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1870381
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1843063
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0017585
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Applied Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 131; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING
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Gao, Linying, Shokouhi, Parisa, and Rivière, Jacques. Effect of relative humidity on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1063/5.0073967.
Gao, Linying, Shokouhi, Parisa, & Rivière, Jacques. Effect of relative humidity on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073967
Gao, Linying, Shokouhi, Parisa, and Rivière, Jacques. Mon .
"Effect of relative humidity on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073967. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1870381.
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title = {Effect of relative humidity on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media},
author = {Gao, Linying and Shokouhi, Parisa and Rivière, Jacques},
abstractNote = {We study the influence of relative humidity (RH) on the nonlinear elastic response of granular media. Previous work has shown that the nonlinear elastic response of consolidated granular media like rocks likely arises from two distinct mechanisms; however, we do not have a clear understanding of their physical origins at the microscopic scale. Here, we conduct dynamic acousto-elastic testing (DAET) on samples of glass beads under dry (∼10%), ambient (∼60%), and humid (∼100%) conditions at room temperature and a constant static stress of 4 MPa. DAET allows us to retrieve the full nonlinear elastic response, including transient softening and hysteretic effects. We find that the elastic nonlinearity of humid samples is an order of magnitude larger than dry samples. Moreover, we find that all extracted nonlinear parameters increase with RH. This overall increase in nonlinearity is consistent with findings from previous studies and with the hypothesis that water adsorption on the grains makes the contact junctions weaker and prone to greater disturbances when subjected to dynamic stressing. Our results also suggest that, if indeed both mechanisms coexist, they are affected in a similar fashion in these glass bead samples and cannot be distinguished by varying RH.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0073967},
journal = {Journal of Applied Physics},
number = 5,
volume = 131,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Mon Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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