https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124902007
Correlating the force network evolution and dynamics in slider experiments
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102
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Department of Physics and Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708
* e-mail: cc563@njit.edu
** e-mail: aghil.abed.zadeh@duke.edu
*** e-mail: kondic@njit.edu
Published online: 7 June 2021
The experiments involving a slider moving on top of granular media consisting of photoelastic particles in two dimensions have uncovered elaborate dynamics that may vary from continuous motion to crackling, periodic motion, and stick-slip type of behavior. We establish that there is a clear correlation between the slider dynamics and the response of the force network that spontaneously develop in the granular system. This correlation is established by application of the persistence homology that allows for formulation of objective measures for quantification of time-dependent force networks. We find that correlation between the slider dynamics and the force network properties is particularly strong in the dynamical regime characterized by well-defined stick-slip type of dynamics.
A video is available at https://doi.org/10.48448/nbkr-pn33
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