Granular flows are omnipresent in nature and industrial processes, but their rheological
properties such as apparent friction and packing fraction are still elusive when inertial …

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 …

We study the rheology of dry and wet granular materials in the steady quasistatic regime
using the discrete element method in a split-bottom ring shear cell with focus on the …

Abstract Quick Nozzle Mixing is a technique to overcome the contradictory rheological
requirements of buildability and pumpability in 3D concrete printing. The challenge is to …

Cohesive granular materials such as wet sand, snow, and powders can flow like a viscous
liquid. However, the elementary mechanisms of momentum transport in such athermal …

When dealing with unsaturated wet granular materials, a fundamental question is: What is
the effect of capillary cohesion on the bulk flow and yield behavior? We investigate the …

This paper aims to understand the effect of different particle/contact properties like friction,
softness and cohesion on the compression/dilation of sheared granular materials. We focus …

In this Letter, the effective stress principle (ESP)—originally developed for granular materials
saturated with water and recently extended to unsaturated ones via simulations—is shown …

Numerical simulations, by the discrete element method (DEM), of a model granular
assembly, made of spherical balls, are used to investigate the influence of a small amount of …

Rheometric measurements on assemblies of wet polystyrene beads, in steady uniform
quasistatic shear flow, for varying liquid content within the small saturation (pendular) range …