3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Particle-scale origin of quadrupolar non-affine displacement fields in granular solids
Evan P. Willmarth, Weiwei Jin, Dong Wang +4
In this work, we identify the local structural defects that control the non-affine displacement fields in jammed disk packings subjected to athermal, quasistatic (AQS) simple shear…
cond-mat.soft2025
Evolution of Adaptive Force Chains in Reconfigurable Granular Metamaterials
Sven Witthaus, Atoosa Parsa, Dong Wang +7
Under an externally applied load, granular packings form force chains that depend on the contact network and moduli of the grains. In this work, we investigate packings of variable…
cond-mat.soft2025
Tuning the Size and Stiffness of Inflatable Particles
Nidhi Pashine, Dong Wang, Robert Baines +4
We describe size-varying cylindrical particles made from silicone elastomers that can serve as building blocks for robotic granular materials. The particle size variation, which is…