2020Physical Review FluidsOpen access

Drag force in immersed granular materials

Tanvir Hossain, Pierre Rognon

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Objects buried in granular materials can move when subjected to a large enough force. Experiments show that their mobility response is strongly affected by the presence of interstitial water, as it then features a visco-elasto-plastic dynamics.

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Objects buried in granular materials can move when subjected to a large enough force. Experiments show that their mobility response is strongly affected by the presence of interstitial water, as it then features a visco-elasto-plastic dynamics.

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Objects buried in granular materials can move when subjected to a large enough force. Experiments show that their mobility response is strongly affected by the presence of interstitial water, as it then features a visco-elasto-plastic dynamics.

Key concepts: Drag, Mechanics, Displacement (psychology), Drag coefficient, Force balance, Scaling, Parasitic drag, Conservative force

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