Rheology is concerned with the flow and deformation of a system, and includes many non-linear phenomena across broad length and stress scales, e.g., elasticity, plasticity, yielding and shear thinning/thickening. Research conducted within the Granular Mechanics and Industrial Infrastructure group has revealed the micro-scale physics underlying the macro-scale rheological behaviour of both dry granular systems and suspensions of repulsive hard or soft particles fully immersed in a liquid. Projects within the Rheology of dense suspensions and granular systems theme are listed below.
Related Projects
| Lead researcher | Title | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Cui | Predictive formulation of high-solid-content complex dispersions | Ph.D. | ONGOING |
| Tim Najuch | Simulation of dense suspensions with discrete element method and a coupled lattice Boltzmann method | Ph.D. | ONGOING |
| Rangarajan Radhakrishnan | Predictive formulation of high-solid-content complex dispersions | PDRA | ONGOING |
| Julien Sindt | Predictive formulation of high-solid-content complex dispersions | PDRA | ONGOING |
| Mengyu Cao | Develop Visible Light Sensitive Photocatalysts | Ph.D. | ONGOING |
| Lorenzo Conti | Nonlocal rheology of dense granular systems/Robotics in sand | Ph.D. | COMPLETE |
