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Behavior of confined granular beds under cyclic thermal loading

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We investigate the mechanical behavior of a confined granular packing of irregular polyhedral particles under repeated heating and cooling cycles by means of numerical simulations with the non-smooth contact dynamics method. Assuming a homogeneous temperature distribution as well as constant temperature rate, we study the effect of the container shape, and coefficients of thermal expansions on the pressure buildup at the confining walls and the density evolution. We observe that small changes in the opening angle of the confinement can lead to a drastic peak pressure reduction. Furthermore, the displacement fields over several thermal cycles are obtained and we discover the formation of toroidal convection cells inside the granular material. The root mean square of the vorticity is then calculated from the displacement fields and a quadratic dependency on the ratio of thermal expansion coefficients is established.

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge financial support from the ETH Research Grant ETHIIRA Grant No. ETH-04 14-2 as well as from CAPES and FUNCAP and by the Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation through the Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research on Heat and Electricity Storage. We also thank D. Rubis and P. Hilger for their help with the preliminary simulations.

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  1. Computational Physics for Engineering Materials, IfB, ETH Zurich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 3, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland

    Pavel S. Iliev, Elena Giacomazzi, Falk K. Wittel, Miller Mendoza & Hans J. Herrmann

  2. Departamento de Fisica, Simulation of Physical Systems Group, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Cra 30 # 45-03, Ed. 404, Of. 348, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

    Miller Mendoza

  3. Energy Science Center, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 28, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Andreas Haselbacher

  4. PMMH, ESPCI UMR 7636, 7 Quai St. Bernard, 75005, Paris, France

    Hans J. Herrmann

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Iliev, P.S., Giacomazzi, E., Wittel, F.K. et al. Behavior of confined granular beds under cyclic thermal loading. Granular Matter 21, 59 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-019-0914-6

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