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Phase transition in a static granular system

by: Matthias Schröter, Sibylle Nägle, Charles Radin, Harry L. Swinney
EPL (Europhysics Letters), Vol. 78, No. 4. (2007), 44004.

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We find that a column of glass beads exhibits a well-defined transition between two phases that differ in their resistance to shear. Pulses of fluidization are used to prepare static sedimented states with well-defined particle volume fractions ph in the range 0.57-0.63. The resistance to shear is determined by slowly inserting a rod into the column of beads. Force measurements and bed height measurements both indicate that the transition occurs at ph = 0.60 for a range of speeds of the rod.

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