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We conduct extensive independent numerical experiments considering frictionless disks without internal degrees of freedom (rotation etc.) in two dimensions. We report here that for a large range of the packing fractions below random-close packing, all components of the stress tensor of wet granular materials remain finite in the limit of zero shear rate. This is direct evidence for a fluid-to-solid arrest transition. The offset value of the shear stress characterizes plastic deformation of the arrested state {which corresponds to {\em dynamic yield stress} of the system}. {Based on an analytical line of argument, we propose that the mean number of capillary bridges per particle, $\nu$, follows a non-trivial dependence on the packing fraction, $\phi$, and the capillary energy, $\vareps$. Most noticeably, we show that $\nu$ is a generic and universal quantity which does not depend on the driving protocol.} Using this universal quantity, we calculate the arrest stress, $\sigma_a$, analytically based on a balance of the energy injection rate due to the external force driving the flow and the dissipation rate accounting for the rupture of capillary bridges. The resulting prediction of $

Author

Rahbari, S. H. Ebrahimnazhad; Brinkmann, M.; Vollmer, J.

Published

2015

Language

EN