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Dislocation Glides in Granular Media

Fumiaki Nakai1,*, Takashi Uneyama2, Yuto Sasaki1, Kiwamu Yoshii3, and Hiroaki Katsuragi1

  • 1Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-0043, Japan
  • 2Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
  • 3Department of Applied Physics, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1, Nijuku, Katsushika, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan

  • *Contact author: fumiaki.nakai@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 048202 – Published 23 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/7g7s-c157

Abstract

Atomic crystals with dislocations deform plastically at low stresses via dislocation glide. Whether dislocation glide occurs in macroscopic frictional granular media remains unknown. We simulate structural and rheological responses of a granular crystal with an edge dislocation. We discover that dislocation glide occurs at low interparticle friction coefficients, whereas at high friction, the crystal order breaks down. When the dislocation glide occurs, the yield stress is markedly lower than in dislocation-free crystals and varies linearly with the interparticle friction coefficient. The linear dependence arises from both the elastic barrier associated with the Peierls stress and the interparticle friction slip criteria.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 048202– Published 23 July, 2025
  • Received 29 October 2024
  • Revised 20 February 2025
  • Accepted 2 June 2025
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