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Phase transition in a static granular system

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EPL (Europhysics Letters), 78 (4): 44004 (2007)

Abstract

We find that a column of glass beads exhibits a well-defined transition between two phases that differ in their resistance to shear. Pulses of fluidization are used to prepare static sedimented states with well-defined particle volume fractions Phi in the range 0.57–0.63. The resistance to shear is determined by slowly inserting a rod into the column of beads. Force measurements and bed height measurements both indicate that the transition occurs at Phi = 0.60 for a range of speeds of the rod.

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