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Granular materials flow like complex fluids

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  • Binquan Kou

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Yixin Cao

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Jindong Li

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Chengjie Xia

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Zhifeng Li

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Haipeng Dong

    (Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine)

  • Ang Zhang

    (Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine)

  • Jie Zhang

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Institute of Natural Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Walter Kob

    (Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, University of Montpellier and CNRS)

  • Yujie Wang

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Materials Genome Initiative Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University)

Abstract

The relaxation dynamics of granular materials is more like that of complex fluids than that of thermal glass-forming systems, owing to the absence of the ‘cage effect’.

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  • Binquan Kou & Yixin Cao & Jindong Li & Chengjie Xia & Zhifeng Li & Haipeng Dong & Ang Zhang & Jie Zhang & Walter Kob & Yujie Wang, 2017. "Granular materials flow like complex fluids," Nature, Nature, vol. 551(7680), pages 360-363, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:551:y:2017:i:7680:d:10.1038_nature24062
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24062
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    1. Baoping Gong & Hao Cheng & Juemin Yan & Long Wang & Yongjin Feng & Xiaoyu Wang, 2023. "Effects of the Aspect Ratio and Cross-Sectional Area of Rectangular Tubes on Packing Characteristics of Mono-Sized Pebble Beds," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-24, January.

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