Force chains and contact network topology in sheared packings of elongated particles
Force chains and contact network topology in sheared packings of elongated particles
By means of contact dynamic simulations, we investigate the contact network topology and force chains in two-dimensional packings of elongated particles modeled by rounded-cap rectangles. The morphology of large packings of elongated particles in quasistatic equilibrium is complex due to the combined effects of local nematic ordering of the particles …