In 1989, Sir Sam Edwards made the visionary proposition to treat jammed granular materials
using a volume ensemble of equiprobable jammed states in analogy to thermal equilibrium …

A numerical investigation of particle shape effects on fabric of granular packing is carried out
using the three dimensional discrete element method with a superellipsoid model. A broad …

A comprehensive comparison between the Hertz–Mindlin model and the linear spring model
in true triaxial shear simulations of granular soils was conducted using the discrete-element …

We examine the signatures of internal structure emerged from quasistatic shear responses
of granular materials based on three-dimensional discrete element simulations. Granular …

The shear strength of granular materials has been found to increase nonlinearly with particle
asphericity before reaching a steady value independent of particle asphericity. Although the …

We perform computational studies of static packings of a variety of nonspherical particles
including circulo-lines, circulo-polygons, ellipses, asymmetric dimers, dumbbells, and others …

Starting from three-dimensional volume data of a granular packing, as, eg, obtained by X-ray
Computed Tomography, we discuss methods to first detect the individual particles in the …

Order parameters (ie, collective variables) are often used to describe the behavior of
systems as they capture different features of the free energy surface. Yet, most coarse …

Jamming Grippers are a novel class of soft robotic actuators that can robustly grasp and
manipulate objects of arbitrary shape. They are formed by placing a granular material within …

From our childhood, we remember the pasty consistency of wet sand, out of which we baked
our first 'cakes' in the sand box; soft enough to be squished and formed by our little hands …