Bringing together basic ideas, classical theories, recent experimental and theoretical
aspects, this book explains desiccation cracks from simple, easily-comprehensible cases to …

The main features of crack patterns in drying paste have been explained by assuming that
the paste is an elastic material when cracking occurs. However, recent studies have …

Because of its plasticity, a densely packed colloidal suspension, called a paste, remembers
directions of its motion, such as vibration and flow. When it dries, primary desiccation cracks …

A densely packed colloidal suspension, called a paste, is known to remember the direction
of its motion because of its plasticity. Because the memory in the paste determines the …

A densely packed colloidal suspension with plasticity, called paste, is known to remember
directions of vibration and flow. These memories in paste can be visualized by the …

Mechanical perturbation of thin layers of pastes on a substrate results in anisotropic cracking
during desiccation which allows for a controlled generation of crack patterns with a high …

We numerically investigate the stress distribution in pastes after horizontal rotation by using
an elastoplastic model. Residual stress remains as a memory of rotation. The stress in the …

Pattern formation of desiccation cracks on a layer of a calcium carbonate paste is studied
experimentally. This paste is known to exhibit a memory effect, which means that a short …

When paste of fine granular particles and water is shaken in one direction and then left
undisturbed, memory of the direction of shaking is retained for a sufficiently long time to …

When a densely packed colloidal suspension, called a paste, behaves as plastic fluid, it can
remember the direction of its motion it has experienced, such as vibrational motion and flow …