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Analysis of the influence of crushing on the behavior of granular materials under shear

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The behavior of granular materials mainly depends on the mechanical and engineering properties of particles in its structural matrix. Crushing or breakage of granular materials under compression or shear occurs when the energy available is sufficient to overcome the resistance of the material. Relatively little systematic research has been conducted regarding how to evaluate or quantify particle crushing and how it effects the engineering properties of the granular materials. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of crushing on the bulk behavior of granular materials by using manufactured granular materials (MGM) rather than using a naturally occurring cohesionless granular material. MGM allow changing only one particle parameter, namely the “crushing strength”. Four different categories of MGM (with different crushing strength) are used to study the effect on the bulk shear strength, stiffness modulus, friction and dilatancy angle “engineering properties”. A substantial influence on the stress–strain behavior and engineering properties of granular materials is observed. Higher confining stress causes some non-uniformity (strong variations/jumps) in volumetric strain and a constant volumetric strain is not always observed under large shear deformations due to crushing, i.e. there is no critical state with flow regime (with constant volumetric strain).

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  1. Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, USA

    Haydar Arslan

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Bogazici University, 34342, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey

    Gokhan Baykal

  3. The Graduate School, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

    Stein Sture

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Arslan, H., Baykal, G. & Sture, S. Analysis of the influence of crushing on the behavior of granular materials under shear. Granular Matter 11, 87–97 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-009-0127-5

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