Numerical modeling of the tensile strength of a biological granular aggregate: Effect of the particle size distribution
Résumé
Wheat grains can be considered as a natural cemented granular material. They are milled under high
forces to produce food products such as flour. The major part of the grain is the so-called starchy endosperm.
It contains stiff starch granules, which show a multi-modal size distribution, and a softer protein matrix that
surrounds the granules. Experimental milling studies and numerical simulations are going hand in hand to
better understand the fragmentation behavior of this biological material and to improve milling performance.
We present a numerical study of the effect of granule size distribution on the strength of such a cemented
granular material. Samples of bi-modal starch granule size distribution were created and submitted to uniaxial
tension, using a peridynamics method. We show that, when compared to the effects of starch-protein interface
adhesion and voids, the granule size distribution has a limited effect on the samples’ yield stress.
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