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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"granular physics"”.
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Modeling and Characterization of Structural, Thermophysical, and Dynamical Evolutions of Small Bodies in the Solar System
… insights from astronomy, geology, chemistry, physics, and engineering to better understand the story of our solar system. This dissertation concerns the evolution of near-Earth asteroids, focusing on their structural, thermophysical, and dynamical evolutions to provide a more comprehensive …
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Reduced-order modeling of granular intrusions driven by continuum approaches
Granular intrusions such as ballistic impacts, vehicular and animal locomotion in natural terrains, and stirring of materials in industrial processes are common. Granular media often exhibits coupled solid-like and fluid-like multiphase characteristics in such systems that are commonly not shown by …
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Micromechanics of Granular Media: A Fundamental Study of Interphase Systems
… a manufactured inclusion that is surrounded by granular soil. These regions are ubiquitous in civil infrastructure and often are components of large-scale composite systems. The interphase region influences load-deformation behavior of the entire composite system. However, mechanisms that …
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Studying the direct effects of forces on embryonic stem cell behaviour
Cells experience different mechanical cues from their local environment, including shear flow, forces applied by neighbouring cells, and substrate stiffness. These external signals influence cell behaviour, also in embryonic stem (ES) cells, where they could potentially affect pluripotency or …
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On the complexity of energy landscapes: algorithms and a direct test of the Edwards conjecture
… simulation we show the extensivity of the granular entropy as proposed by S.F. Edwards for three-dimensional jammed soft-sphere packings and produce a direct test of the Edwards conjecture for the equivalent two dimensional systems. We find that Edwards’ hypothesis of equiprobability of all …