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Steady states of two-dimensional granular systems are unique, stable, and sometimes satisfy detailed balance
Alex D. C. Myhill, Raphael Blumenfeld
Understanding the structural evolution of granular systems is a long-standing problem. A recently proposed theory for such dynamics in two dimensions predicts that steady states of…
Granular solids transmit stress as two-phase composites
Raphael Blumenfeld
A basic problem in the science of realistic granular matter is the plethora of heuristic models of the stress field in the absence of a first-principles theory. Such a theory is fo…
Coordinated Stress-Structure Self-Organization in Granular Packing
Xiaoyu Jiang, Raphael Blumenfeld, Takashi Matsushima
During quasi-static dynamics of granular systems, the stress and structure self-organise, but there is currently no quantitative measure or understanding of this phenomenon. Such a…
Sub-anomalous diffusion and unusual velocity distribution evolution in cooling granular gases: theory
Raphael Blumenfeld
There is no agreement in the literature on the rate of diffusion of a particle in a cooling granular gas. Predictions and model assumptions range from the conventional to very exot…
The disc random packing problem: a disorder criterion and an explicit solution
Raphael Blumenfeld
Predicting the densest random disc packing fraction is an unsolved paradigm problem relevant to a number of disciplines and technologies. One difficulty is that it is ill-defined w…
Experimental evidence of detailed balance in granular systems
Xulai Sun, Yinqiao Wang, Yujie Wang +2
The principle of detailed balance (DB) states that every kinetic transition in a system with many micro-states, , is balanced, on average, with the opposite transition, $μ_i\lef…