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Vibration can enhance stick-slip behavior for granular friction

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We experimentally study the frictional behavior of a two-dimensional slider pulled slowly over a granular substrate comprised of photoelastic disks. The slider is vibrated at frequencies ranging from 0 to 30 Hz in a direction parallel to sliding. The applied vibrations have constant peak acceleration, which results in constant average friction levels. Surprisingly, we find that stick-slip behavior, where stress slowly builds up and is released in intermittent slips, is enhanced as the frequency of vibration is increased. Our results suggest that increasing the frequency of vibration may help to combine many smaller rearrangements into fewer, but larger, avalanche-like slips, a mechanism unique to granular systems. We also examine the manner in which the self-affine character of the force curves evolves with frequency, and we find additional support for this interpretation.

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This work was supported by NSF DMR0906908 and NSF DMR0805204.

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  1. Department of Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 93943, USA

    Abram H. Clark

  2. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA

    Robert P. Behringer

  3. Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Jacqueline Krim

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Clark, A.H., Behringer, R.P. & Krim, J. Vibration can enhance stick-slip behavior for granular friction. Granular Matter 21, 55 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-019-0895-5

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