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20192026
most citedReducing segregation in vibrated binary-sized granular mixtures by excessive small particle introduction

9 citations · 39 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

Granular Rods Fall Faster in Denser Obstacle Fields

Fumiaki Nakai, Hiroaki Katsuragi

How particle shape affects transport through obstacle fields under external driving is a fundamental question in nonequilibrium physics. We simulate a dissipative rod falling under…

cond-mat.soft2026

Steady shear rheology of a granular crystal containing a single dislocation

Fumiaki Nakai

Monodisperse granular particles can form crystals whose yielding behavior is strongly affected by dislocations and differs markedly from that of conventional amorphous granular mat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Anomalous phonon dispersion near yielding in athermal crystals

Fumiaki Nakai, Michio Otsuki, Kuniyasu Saitoh +1

Vibrational properties of ordered athermal solids near yielding remain poorly understood. We show that yielding in a sheared crystal is governed not by a single localized instabili…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Dislocation Glides in Monolayered Granular Media: Effect of Lattice Constant

Fumiaki Nakai, Takashi Uneyama, Yuto Sasaki +2

A recent study demonstrated that granular crystals containing a single dislocation exhibit dislocation glide analogous to that observed in atomic-scale crystals, resulting in plast…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Dislocation Glides in Granular Media

Fumiaki Nakai, Takashi Uneyama, Yuto Sasaki +2

Atomic crystals with dislocations deform plastically at low stresses via dislocation glide. Whether dislocation glide occurs in macroscopic frictional granular media has remained u…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 9 cited

Reducing segregation in vibrated binary-sized granular mixtures by excessive small particle introduction

Fumiaki Nakai, Kiwamu Yoshii

We numerically examine binary-sized granular mixtures confined between two parallel walls subjected to vertical vibration using the discrete element method. For a size ratio of …