Divergence of Viscosity in Jammed Granular Materials: A Theoretical Approach
Soft Condensed Matter
2015-08-26 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
A theory for jammed granular materials is developed with the aid of a nonequilibrium steady-state distribution function. The approximate nonequilibrium steady-state distribution function is explicitly given in the weak dissipation regime by means of the relaxation time. The theory quantitatively agrees with the results of the molecular dynamics simulation on the critical behavior of the viscosity below the jamming point without introducing any fitting parameter.
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@article{arxiv.1506.02368,
title = {Divergence of Viscosity in Jammed Granular Materials: A Theoretical Approach},
author = {Koshiro Suzuki and Hisao Hayakawa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.02368},
year = {2015}
}
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18 pages, 5 figures