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Sliding on wet sand
, Article Granular Matter ; Volume 22, Issue 3 , May , 2020 ; Aliasgari, M ; Maleki Jirsaraei, N ; Rouhani, S ; Bonn, D ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer
2020
Abstract
We present sliding experiments of a sledge on wetted sand and describe that the frictional response is controlled by the penetration hardness of the granular medium. Adding a small amount of water to sand increases the hardness which results in a decrease of the sliding friction. Pouring even more water to sand results in a decrease of the hardness and a subsequent increase of the friction. This inverse correlation between hardness of a wetted granular material and its frictional response to sliding is found to be due to ploughing of the sledge. When the load of the sledge exceeds the penetration hardness of the water-sand mixture the granular material is irreversibly deformed, which is...