| Kamrin Group Continuum modeling from solids to fluids |
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The Kamrin group is headed by Prof. Ken Kamrin in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Our research focuses broadly on continuum mechanics, with an emphasis on highly-deforming bulk materials such as granular materials, viscous fluids, and compliant elastic solids. Continuum modeling, when applicable, can offer predictive power in a fraction of the time needed for full micro-level discrete simulation. We aim to improve capabilities in the continuum by developing novel computational methods and constitutive relations. A significant motivational theme is to understand problems that combine fluid- and solid-like behaviors, either geometrically (as in fluid/structure interaction), or constitutively (as in viscoplastic material flow).
Some broad areas of ongoing research include: Constitutive modeling, simulation, and homogenization of amorphous materials; simulation methods for finite-deformation solid laws; reduced-dimensional models for thin materials of general rheophysical behavior; and mobility theory of viscous flows over textured surfaces. See the tabs to the right for more details about our group.
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