2 papers
cond-mat.soft2024
Stress Isotropization in Weakly Jammed Granular Packings
Félix Benoist, Mehdi Bouzid, Martin Lenz
When sheared, granular media experience localized plastic events known as shear transformations which generate anisotropic internal stresses. Under strong confining pressure, the r…
cond-mat.soft2022
Generic Stress Rectification in Nonlinear Elastic Media
Félix Benoist, Guglielmo Saggiorato, Martin Lenz
Stress propagation in nonlinear media is crucial in cell biology, where molecular motors exert anisotropic force dipoles on the fibrous cytoskeleton. While the force dipoles can be…