Granular drag on a discrete object: Shape effects on jamming
- 7 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 64 (6), 061303
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.64.061303
Abstract
We study the drag force on discrete objects with circular cross section moving slowly through a spherical granular medium. Variations in the geometry of the dragged object change the drag force only by a small fraction relative to shape effects in fluid drag. The drag force depends quadratically on the object’s diameter as expected. We do observe, however, a deviation above the expected linear depth dependence, and the magnitude of the deviation is apparently controlled by geometrical factors.Keywords
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