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The compaction of powders depends both on grain rearrangements and grain breakage. We introduce a grain fracture model prescribed in the framework of the contact dynamics method for the simulation of uniaxial compaction. We find that the grain size reduction is highly heterogeneous as a consequence of inhomogeneous stress transmission as observed in real grinding processes or in natural degradation of geomaterials. Even under high stresses, a significant fraction of grains survive whereas many grains are fully shattered. The grain size distribution tends to a power-law distribution with increasing size span. We analyze the progressive evolution of compressibility during compaction as well as the effect of grain shape and size distribution.
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Nguyen, DH., Azéma, E., Radjai, F., Sornay, P. (2015). Numerical Modeling of Particle Breaking Process in Granular Materials: Compaction and Evolution of Size Distribution. In: Chau, KT., Zhao, J. (eds) Bifurcation and Degradation of Geomaterials in the New Millennium. IWBDG 2014. Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13506-9_24
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