10-73 David Aristoff, Charles Radin

Dilatancy Transition in a Granular Model (187K, pdf) May 11, 10

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Abstract. We introduce a model of granular matter and use a stress ensemble to analyze shearing. Monte Carlo simulation shows the model to exhibit a second order phase transition, associated with the onset of dilatancy.

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