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Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Wang ◽  
John Treado ◽  
Arman Boromand ◽  
Blake Norwick ◽  
Michael Murrell ◽  
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We investigate the structural, vibrational, and mechanical properties of jammed packings of deformable particles with shape degrees of freedom in three dimensions (3D). Each 3D deformable particle is modeled as...


2021 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Manuel Cárdenas-Barrantes ◽  
David Cantor ◽  
Jonathan Barés ◽  
Mathieu Renouf ◽  
Emilien Azéma

We use bi-dimensional non-smooth contact dynamics simulations to analyze the isotropic compaction of mixtures composed of rigid and deformable incompressible particles. Deformable particles are modeled using the finite-element method and following a hyper-elastic neo-Hookean constitutive law. The evolution of the packing fraction, bulk modulus and particle connectivity, beyond the jamming point, are characterized as a function of the applied stresses for different proportion of rigid/soft particles and two values of friction coefficient. Based on the granular stress tensor, a micro-mechanical expression for the evolution of the packing fraction and the bulk modulus are proposed. This expression is based on the evolution of the particle connectivity together with the bulk behaviour of a single representative deformable particle. A constitutive compaction equation is then introduced, set by well-defined physical quantities, given a direct prediction of the maximum packing fraction φmax as a function of the proportion of rigid/soft particles.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 012010
Author(s):  
Yunlong Han ◽  
Rui Li ◽  
Mingming Ding ◽  
Feng Ye ◽  
Tongfei Shi
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2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Cantor ◽  
Manuel Cárdenas-Barrantes ◽  
Itthichai Preechawuttipong ◽  
Mathieu Renouf ◽  
Emilien Azéma

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (12) ◽  
pp. 6437-6445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley R. O. Sohn ◽  
Ivan I. Smalyukh

Malleability of metals is an example of how the dynamics of defects like dislocations induced by external stresses alters material properties and enables technological applications. However, these defects move merely to comply with the mechanical forces applied on macroscopic scales, whereas the molecular and atomic building blocks behave like rigid particles. Here, we demonstrate how motions of crystallites and the defects between them can arise within the soft matter medium in an oscillating electric field applied to a chiral liquid crystal with polycrystalline quasi-hexagonal arrangements of self-assembled topological solitons called “torons.” Periodic oscillations of electric field applied perpendicular to the plane of hexagonal lattices prompt repetitive shear-like deformations of the solitons, which synchronize the electrically powered self-shearing directions. The temporal evolution of deformations upon turning voltage on and off is not invariant upon reversal of time, prompting lateral translations of the crystallites of torons within quasi-hexagonal periodically deformed lattices. We probe how these motions depend on voltage and frequency of oscillating field applied in an experimental geometry resembling that of liquid crystal displays. We study the interrelations between synchronized deformations of the soft solitonic particles and their arrays, and the ensuing dynamics and giant number fluctuations mediated by motions of crystallites, five–seven defects pairs, and grain boundaries in the orderly organizations of solitons. We discuss how our findings may lead to technological and fundamental science applications of dynamic self-assemblies of topologically protected but highly deformable particle-like solitons.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhiya Alghalibi ◽  
Marco E. Rosti ◽  
Luca Brandt

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 952-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng Zhou ◽  
Xiang Ji ◽  
Liuyong Shi ◽  
Xianman Zhang ◽  
Yongxin Song ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 109-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano M. Villone ◽  
Pier Luca Maffettone

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