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Connecting shear localization with the long-range correlated polarized stress fields in granular materials

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  • Yinqiao Wang

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Yujie Wang

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Jie Zhang

    (Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures)

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One long-lasting puzzle in amorphous solids is shear localization, where local plastic deformation involves cooperative particle rearrangements in small regions of a few inter-particle distances, self-organizing into shear bands and eventually leading to the material failure. Understanding the connection between the structure and dynamics of amorphous solids is essential in physics, material sciences, geotechnical and civil engineering, and geophysics. Here we show a deep connection between shear localization and the intrinsic structures of internal stresses in an isotropically jammed granular material subject to shear. Specifically, we find strong (anti)correlations between the micro shear bands and two polarized stress fields along two directions of maximal shear. By exploring the tensorial characteristics and the rotational symmetry of force network, we reveal that such profound connection is a result of symmetry breaking by shear. Finally, we provide the solid experimental evidence of long-range correlated inherent shear stress in an isotropically jammed granular system.

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  • Yinqiao Wang & Yujie Wang & Jie Zhang, 2020. "Connecting shear localization with the long-range correlated polarized stress fields in granular materials," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-18217-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18217-x
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