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Wolf Till Kranz

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arXiv2025

Granular rheology: a tale of three time scales

We adapt statistical models of the physics of complex fluids to study the rheology of granular liquids. This allows us to provide laws of granular rheology based on first principles, which compare well with previously established phenomenological laws. In particular, the very successful law of mu(I) rheology can be understood within our model as the lowest order non trivial Pade approximant of the macroscopic laws of rheology. Our model's ability to describe granular physics outside of the Bagnold scaling regime allows for a natural extension to the rheology of granular suspensions.

cond-mat.soft↗

arXiv2012

Single-Particle Dynamics in Dense Granular Fluids under Driving

We present a mode-coupling theory for the dynamics of a tagged particle in a driven granular fluid close to the glass transition. The mean-squared displacement is shown to exhibit a plateau indicating structural arrest. In contrast to elastic hard-sphere fluids, which are solely controlled by volume fraction, the localisation length as well as the critical dynamics depend on the degree of dissipation, parametrized by the coefficient of normal restitution epsilon. Hence the resulting glassy structure as well as the critical dynamics are nonuniversal with respect to epsilon.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗