Particles encountered in nature and engineering practice are normally not spherical but of
irregular shapes. Particle shape plays a key role in determining the behaviour of bulk solids …

A fundamental understanding of the underlying physics of granular (particulate) systems is
not only of academic interest, but is also highly relevant for industrial applications …

Understanding and modelling the dynamic behaviour of particulate systems has been a
major research focus worldwide for many years. Discrete particle simulation plays an …

Granular physics has made considerable progress during the past decades in the
understanding of static and dynamic properties of large ensembles of interacting …

Random packings of non-spherical granular particles are simulated by combining
mechanical contraction and molecular dynamics, to determine contact numbers as a …

Dense architectured, granular, and other material systems based on the assembly of
discrete building blocks provide mechanical responses not ordinarily achieved in monolithic …

We investigate the collapse of granular rodpiles as a function of particle (length/diameter)
and pile (height/radius) aspect ratio. We find that, for all particle aspect ratios below 24, there …

This handbook presents foundational techniques used to investigate granular systems,
examples of their use in contemporary research, and extensions to granular-like systems …

Self-assembly at the macro-scale is a promising pathway for fabrication, but the assembly
process and mechanisms are still poorly understood. We examine the vibration-induced …

We investigate the ordering properties of vertically-vibrated monolayers of granular cylinders
in a circular container at high packing fraction. In line with previous works by other groups …