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Contact angle mechanical influence in wet granular soils
Abstract We investigate the macroscopic mechanical influence of the local liquid–solid contact angle that governs the fluid distribution in granular soils under unsaturated conditions. To this end, a discrete element method (DEM)-based implementation that accommodates for any contact angle is proposed and applied to an idealized granular material in the pendular regime. The DEM model includes resultant capillary forces as well as a comprehensive description of the capillary bridges (volume, surface, orientation tensor) by solving the Laplace–Young equation in a general case, instead of using any unnecessary phenomenological relation. Macroscale mechanical simulations for different constant contact angle values reveal that granular assemblies are less sensitive to unsaturated conditions for higher contact angles, which is in line with the contact angle influence at the microscopic capillary bridge scale. The contribution of the fluid mixture to the total stresses of the wet soil, the so-called capillary stresses, indeed decreases according to the contact angle. Thus, the increase in apparent shear strength due to unsaturated conditions is reduced for higher contact angles. As such, the classical assumption of perfect wetting (zero contact angle) appears to be non-conservative.
Contact angle mechanical influence in wet granular soils
Abstract We investigate the macroscopic mechanical influence of the local liquid–solid contact angle that governs the fluid distribution in granular soils under unsaturated conditions. To this end, a discrete element method (DEM)-based implementation that accommodates for any contact angle is proposed and applied to an idealized granular material in the pendular regime. The DEM model includes resultant capillary forces as well as a comprehensive description of the capillary bridges (volume, surface, orientation tensor) by solving the Laplace–Young equation in a general case, instead of using any unnecessary phenomenological relation. Macroscale mechanical simulations for different constant contact angle values reveal that granular assemblies are less sensitive to unsaturated conditions for higher contact angles, which is in line with the contact angle influence at the microscopic capillary bridge scale. The contribution of the fluid mixture to the total stresses of the wet soil, the so-called capillary stresses, indeed decreases according to the contact angle. Thus, the increase in apparent shear strength due to unsaturated conditions is reduced for higher contact angles. As such, the classical assumption of perfect wetting (zero contact angle) appears to be non-conservative.
Contact angle mechanical influence in wet granular soils
Duriez, Jérôme (Autor:in) / Wan, Richard (Autor:in)
Acta Geotechnica ; 12 ; 67-83
17.10.2016
17 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Contact (wetting) angle , Capillary (suction) stresses , Capillary bridge , Discrete element method (DEM) , Laplace–Young equation Engineering , Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics , Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials , Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences , Soil Science & Conservation , Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics , Structural Mechanics
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