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Shear jamming and fragility in dense suspensions

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The phenomenon of shear-induced jamming is a factor in the complex rheological behavior of dense suspensions. Such shear-jammed states are fragile, i.e., they are not stable against applied stresses that are incompatible with the stress imposed to create them. This peculiar flow-history dependence of the stress response is due to flow-induced microstructures. To examine jammed states realized under constant shear stress, we perform dynamic simulations of non-Brownian particles with frictional contact forces and hydrodynamic lubrication forces. We find clear signatures that distinguish these fragile states from the more conventional isotropic jammed states.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank M. Otsuki, H. Hayakawa, and R. Mari for fruitful discussions. This study was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grants Nos. 17H01083 and 17K05618. BC was supported by NSF-CBET-1605428, while JFM was supported by NSF-CBET-1605283. The research was also supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF PHY-1748958. RS thanks R. Yamamoto for his full support.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Ryohei Seto

  2. Benjamin Levich Institute, CUNY City College of New York, New York, USA

    Abhinendra Singh

  3. Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA

    Bulbul Chakraborty

  4. Benjamin Levich Institute and Department of Chemical Engineering, CUNY City College of New York, New York, USA

    Morton M. Denn & Jeffrey F. Morris

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Seto, R., Singh, A., Chakraborty, B. et al. Shear jamming and fragility in dense suspensions. Granular Matter 21, 82 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-019-0931-5

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