Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

Granular materials consist of macroscopic grains, interacting via contact forces, and
unaffected by thermal fluctuations. They are one of a class systems that undergo jamming, ie …

We study the plane shear flow of a dense assembly of dissipative disks using discrete
simulation and prescribing the pressure and the shear rate. Those shear states are steady …

We have performed a systematic, large-scale simulation study of granular media in two and
three dimensions, investigating the rheology of cohesionless granular particles in inclined …

▪ Abstract The recent avalanche of research activity in the field of granular matter has yielded
much progress. The use of state-of-the-art (and other) computational and experimental …

We present results on a series of two-dimensional atomistic computer simulations of
amorphous systems subjected to simple shear in the athermal, quasistatic limit. The …

It has been observed that the majority of particles in a granular material carries less than the
average load and that the number of particles carrying larger than the average load …

The paper attempts to give a critical overview of the field of granular flow with attention both
to the history and the underlying physics that govern the field. It starts with a discussion of …

Heat transfer in particulate systems is important to a vast array of industries, yet is poorly
understood even in the simplest case—conduction through the solid phase. This is due in …

This paper describes computer simulation studies of granular materials under dense
conditions where particles are in persistent contact with their neighbours and the elasticity of …