Deformation and flow of amorphous solids: Insights from elastoplastic models

A Nicolas, EE Ferrero, K Martens, JL Barrat - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2018 - APS
The deformation and flow of disordered solids, such as metallic glasses and concentrated
emulsions, involves swift localized rearrangements of particles that induce a long-range …

The physics of sediment transport initiation, cessation, and entrainment across aeolian and fluvial environments

T Pähtz, AH Clark, M Valyrakis… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the morphodynamics of sedimentary landscapes due to fluvial and aeolian flows
requires answering the following questions: Is the flow strong enough to initiate sediment …

Advances in modeling dense granular media

K Kamrin, KM Hill, DI Goldman… - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses on how the modeling of dense granular media has advanced over the
last 15 years. The jum**-off point of our review is the μ (I) rheology for dry granular flow …

The physics of dense suspensions

C Ness, R Seto, R Mari - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Dense suspensions of particles are relevant to many applications and are a key platform for
develo** a fundamental physics of out-of-equilibrium systems. They present challenging …

Microscopic description of the granular fluidity field in nonlocal flow modeling

Q Zhang, K Kamrin - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
A recent granular rheology based on an implicit “granular fluidity” field has been shown to
quantitatively predict many nonlocal phenomena. However, the physical nature of the field …

Viewing Earth's surface as a soft-matter landscape

DJ Jerolmack, KE Daniels - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Earth's surface is composed of a staggering diversity of particulate–fluid mixtures: dry to wet,
dilute to dense, colloidal to granular and attractive to repulsive particles. This material variety …

Non-locality in granular flow: Phenomenology and modeling approaches

K Kamrin - Frontiers in Physics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the emergence of non-local flow phenomena in granular materials and
discusses a range of models that have been proposed to integrate an intrinsic length-scale …

Insights into the rheology of cohesive granular media

S Mandal, M Nicolas… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Characterization and prediction of the “flowability” of powders are of paramount importance
in many industries. However, our understanding of the flow of powders like cement or flour is …

On the kinematics and dynamics of crystal‐rich systems

GW Bergantz, JM Schleicher… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Partially molten rocks, often called a mush, are examples of a hydrogranular mixture where
the dynamics are controlled by both fluid and crystal‐crystal interactions. An obstacle to …

Three-dimensional material point method modeling of runout behavior of the Hongshiyan landslide

X Xu, F **, Q Sun, K Soga… - Canadian Geotechnical …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
This study presents a field-scale simulation of the Hongshiyan landslide in China. It uses an
advanced numerical approach (material point method (MPM)) and a constitutive model (the …