  We present a molecular dynamics study of the jamming/unjamming transition in
two-dimensional granular piles with open boundaries. The grains are modeled by
viscoelastic forces, Coulomb friction and resistance to rolling. Two models for
the rolling resistance interaction were assessed: one considers a constant
rolling friction coefficient, and the other one a strain dependent coefficient.
The piles are grown on a finite size substrate and subsequently discharged
through an orifice opened at the center of the substrate. Varying the orifice
width and taking the final height of the pile after the discharge as the order
parameter, one can devise a transition from a jammed regime (when the grain
flux is always clogged by an arch) to a catastrophic regime, in which the pile
is completely destroyed by an avalanche as large as the system size. A finite
size analysis shows that there is a finite orifice width associated with the
threshold for the unjamming transition, no matter the model used for the
microscopic interactions. As expected, the value of this threshold width
increases when rolling resistance is considered, and it depends on the model
used for the rolling friction.
