| Literature DB >> 20868135 |
Brian P Tighe1, Erik Woldhuis, Joris J C Remmers, Wim van Saarloos, Martin van Hecke.
Abstract
We probe flows of soft, viscous spheres near the jamming point, which acts as a critical point for static soft spheres. Starting from energy considerations, we find nontrivial scaling of velocity fluctuations with strain rate. Combining this scaling with insights from jamming, we arrive at an analytical model that predicts four distinct regimes of flow, each characterized by rational-valued scaling exponents. Both the number of regimes and the values of the exponents depart from prior results. We validate predictions of the model with simulations.Year: 2010 PMID: 20868135 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.088303
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161