Characterization of a Freezing/Melting Transition in a Vibrated and Sheared Granular Medium
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We describe experiments on monodisperse spherical particles in an annular cell geometry, vibrated from below and sheared from above. This system shows a freezing/melting transition such that under sufficient vibration a crystallized state is observed, which can be melted by sufficient shear. We characterize the hysteretic transition between these two states, and observe features reminiscent of both a jamming transition and critical phenomena.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512549,
title = {Characterization of a Freezing/Melting Transition in a Vibrated and Sheared Granular Medium},
author = {Karen E. Daniels and Robert P. Behringer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512549},
year = {2007}
}