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Hyperuniformity with no fine tuning in sheared sedimenting suspensions

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  • Jikai Wang

    (Syracuse University)

  • J. M. Schwarz

    (Syracuse University)

  • Joseph D. Paulsen

    (Syracuse University)

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Particle suspensions, present in many natural and industrial settings, typically contain aggregates or other microstructures that can complicate macroscopic flow behaviors and damage processing equipment. Recent work found that applying uniform periodic shear near a critical transition can reduce fluctuations in the particle concentration across all length scales, leading to a hyperuniform state. However, this strategy for homogenization requires fine tuning of the strain amplitude. Here we show that in a model of sedimenting particles under periodic shear, there is a well-defined regime at low sedimentation speed where hyperuniform scaling automatically occurs. Our simulations and theoretical arguments show that the homogenization extends up to a finite length scale that diverges as the sedimentation speed approaches zero.

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  • Jikai Wang & J. M. Schwarz & Joseph D. Paulsen, 2018. "Hyperuniformity with no fine tuning in sheared sedimenting suspensions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05195-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05195-4
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