Granular materials, from sands to engineered powders, exhibit complex mechanical behaviour that challenges traditional concepts of solid and fluid mechanics alike. Researchers have increasingly ...
When we take a stroll on the beach, we walk on the sand without any trouble. The sand appears solid and is difficult to compress. When we put the same sand grains in an hourglass, they behave very ...
The study of granular material dynamics encompasses the investigation of how individual grains interact in dense flows, leading to a range of segregation phenomena. Granular segregation, whereby ...
Jacqueline Reber receives funding from the Iowa State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Frontier Science Fund. Did you eat cereal this morning? Or have you walked on a gravel path? Maybe ...