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In this article, the aluminium-plastic board and carbon paper technique are combined to investigate the contact force at bottom boundary of three-dimensional ordered granular arrays in response to a point load. Arching effects were observed with all arrays, and the force distribution markedly depends on the crystal structure and has a 120°-symmetry at every layer of the crystals, while the heterogeneity in force distribution in the pure hcp arrays is minimal of all the arrays. Non-main force chains were observed to have the “focalization" phenomena. These results can be explained by a force-transmission model.
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Keywords:
- granular matter /
- hexagonal-close-packed array /
- force chain







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