Flow, Ordering and Jamming of Sheared Granular Suspensions

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2008-02-27

arxiv.org/abs/0802.3993v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 078001 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.078001

We study the rheological properties of a granular suspension subject to constant shear stress by constant volume molecular dynamics simulations. We derive the system `flow diagram' in the volume fraction/stress plane $(\phi,F)$: at low $\phi$ the flow is disordered, with the viscosity obeying a Bagnold-like scaling only at small $F$ and diverging as the jamming point is approached; if the shear stress is strong enough, at higher $\phi$ an ordered flow regime is found, the order/disorder transition being marked by a sharp drop of the viscosity. A broad jamming region is also observed where, in analogy with the glassy region of thermal systems, slow dynamics followed by kinetic arrest occurs when the ordering transition is prevented.

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