Vibrational Fluidization of Granular Media
Publication: International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 16, Issue 3
Abstract
To investigate the vibrational fluidization of granular media, 60 samples of three different granular materials were tested at six normal stresses and a wide range of vibration accelerations. The experiments were conducted on a modified vibrational direct shear apparatus, in which vibration was applied horizontally in the direction of shear. The peak, residual, and vibroresidual shear strength envelopes were obtained for the tested materials at different vibration intensities. The results show that increasing vibration intensity reduces the friction angle of granular materials and increases the normal stress, σf, below which granular material is fluidized. The particle shape effect on the strength loss due to vibration was also observed.
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Acknowledgments
This project was financially supported by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship and the Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship.
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International Journal of Geomechanics
Volume 16 • Issue 3 • June 2016
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Received: Nov 5, 2014
Accepted: Jun 24, 2015
Published online: Dec 16, 2015
Discussion open until: May 16, 2016
Published in print: Jun 1, 2016
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