Quantifying particle-scale 3D granular dynamics during rapid compaction from time-resolved in situ 2D x-ray images
- 9 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 129 (22), 225902
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0051642
Abstract
Understanding the particle-scale dynamics of granular materials during rapid compaction and flow is of fundamental importance for manufacturing, planetary science, geology, and defense applications. Time-resolved 2D radiography and static 3D x-ray tomography are powerful in situ tools for studying particle-scale dynamics but provide detail only in 2D or with significant time-scale limitations, respectively. Here, we introduce a new method that uses 2D in situ x-ray imaging for determining time-resolved 3D particle-scale dynamics in rapidly compressed granular materials. The method employs initial particle packing structures obtained from x-ray tomography, a 2D x-ray image generation algorithm, and an optimization algorithm. We first describe and validate the method using finite element simulations. We then apply the technique to x-ray phase-contrast images obtained during rapid compaction of granular materials with varying particle morphology and sample thickness. The depth-resolved particle-scale dynamics reveal complex velocity and porosity fields evolving heterogeneously along and perpendicular to the compaction direction. We characterize these features, their fluctuations near the compaction front, and the compaction front thickness. Our technique can be applied to understanding granular dynamics during rapid compaction events, and rearrangements during slower, but non-quasi-static, flows.Keywords
Funding Information
- Army Research Laboratory (W911NF-12-2-0022)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DEAC02- 06CH11357)
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC52-07NA27344)
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