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. Interplay Between Hysteresis and Nonlocality During Onset and Arrest of Flow in Granular Materials
  Saviz Mowlavi and Ken Kamrin
  Soft Matter, 17, 7359-7375 (2021)

. Modeling Granular Material Dynamics and its Two-Way Coupling with Moving Solid Bodies Using a Continuum Representation and the SPH Method
  Wei Hu, Milad Rakhsha, Lijing Yang, Ken Kamrin, and Dan Negrut
  CMAME, 385, 114022 (2021)

. Surprising Simplicity in the Modeling of Dynamic Granular Intrusion
  Shashank Agarwal, Andras Karsai, Dan Goldman, and Ken Kamrin
  Science Advances, 7:17, eabe0631 (2021)

. A Coupled Finite Volume and Material Point Method for Two-Phase Simulation of Liquid–Sediment and Gas–Sediment Flows
  Aaron Baumgarten, Ben Couchman, and Ken Kamrin
  CMAME, 384, 113940 (2021)

. Efficacy of Simple Continuum Models for Diverse Granular Intrusions
  Shashank Agarwal, Andras Karsai, Dan Goldman, and Ken Kamrin
  Soft Matter, 17, 7196-7209 (2021)

. Hybrid Discrete-Continuum Modeling of Shear Localization in Granular Media
  Peter Chen, Maytee Chantharayukhonthorn, Yonghao Yue, Eitan Grinspun, and Ken Kamrin
  J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 153, 104404 (2021)

. Contact Model for Elastically Anisotropic Bodies and Efficient Implementation into the Discrete Element Method
  Saviz Mowlavi and Ken Kamrin
  Gran. Mat., 23:2, 129 (2021)

. Expanded Scaling Relations for Locomotion in Sloped or Cohesive Granular Beds
  Qiong Zhang, Stephen Townsend, and Ken Kamrin
  Phys. Rev. Fluids, 5, 114301 (2020)

. Power-Law Scaling in Granular Rheology across Flow Geometries
  Seongmin Kim and Ken Kamrin
  Phys. Rev. Lett. (Editor's Suggestion), 125, 088002 (2020)

. Reference Map Technique for Incompressible Fluid-Structure Interaction
  Chris Rycroft, Chen-Hung Wu, Yue Yu, and Ken Kamrin
  J. Fluid Mech., 898, A9 (2020)

. Quantitative Rheological Model for Granular Materials: The Importance of Particle Size
   Ken Kamrin
   Book Chapter: Handbook of Materials Modeling, Volume 2, 153-176 (2020)

. Mitigating Memory Effects During Undulatory Locomotion on Hysteretic Materials
  Perrin Schiebel, Henry Astley, Jennifer Rieser, Shashank Agarwal, Christian Hubicki, Alex Hubbard, Kelimar Diaz, Joseph Mendelson III, Ken Kamrin, Daniel I Goldman
   Elife, 9, e51412 (2020)

. Modeling Stress Relaxation in Dense, Fine-Particle Suspensions
  Aaron Baumgarten and Ken Kamrin
  J. Rheology, 64:2, 367-377 (2020)

. A General Constitutive Model for Fine-Particle Suspensions Validated in Many Flow Regimes
  Aaron Baumgarten and Ken Kamrin
  PNAS, 116:42, 20828-20836 (2019)

. A Conservative and Non-Dissipative Eulerian Formulation for the Simulation of Soft Solids in Fluids
  Suhas Jain, Ken Kamrin, and Ali Mani
  J. Comput. Phys., 399, 1008922 (2019)

. Capturing Transient Granular Rheology with Extended Fabric Tensor Relations
  Eduardo Rojas and Ken Kamrin
  Gran. Mat., 21, 89 (2019)

. Modeling the Interaction of Rigid Wheels with Dry Granular Media
  Shashank Agarwal, Carmine Senatore, Tingnan Zhang, Mark Kingsbury, Karl Iagnemma, Dan I. Goldman, Ken Kamrin
  J. Terramechanics, 85,1-14 (2019)

. Non-locality in Granular Flow: Phenomenology and Modeling Approaches
  Ken Kamrin
  Front. Phys., 7,116 (2019)

. Dissipation Potentials from Elastic Collapse
  Joe Goddard and Ken Kamrin
  Proc. Roy. Soc. A., 475, 20190144 (2019)

. A Buckling Flexure-Based Force-Limiting Mechanism,
  Jonathan Slocum, Ken Kamrin, and Alex Slocum
  J. Mechanisms Robotics., 11, 041004 (2019)

. A General Fluid-Sediment Mixture Model and Constitutive Theory Validated in Many Flow Regimes
  Aaron Baumgarten and Ken Kamrin
  J. Fluid Mech., 861, 721-764 (2019)

. Hybrid Grains: Adaptive Coupling of Discrete and Continuum Simulations of Granular Materials
  Yonghao Yue, Breannan Smith, Peter Yichen Chen, Maytee Chantharayukhonthorn, Ken Kamrin, Eitan Grinspun
   ACM Trans. Graph., 37:6, 283:1-283:19, (2018)

Resolving Force Indeterminacy in Contact Dynamics Using Compatibility Conditions
   Tyler Olsen and Ken Kamrin
   Gran. Mat., 20, 69 (2018)

Simulation Technique for Slurries Interacting with Moving Parts and Deformable Solids with Applications
   Patrick Mutabaruka and Ken Kamrin
   Comp. Part. Mech., 5(2), 239-267 (2018)

General Scaling Relations for Locomotion in Granular Media
   James Slonaker, D. Carrington Motley, Qiong Zhang, Stephen Townsend, Carmine Senatore,
   Karl Iagnemma, and Ken Kamrin
   Phys. Rev. E, 95, 052901 (2017)

A Microscopic Description of the Granular Fluidity Field in Nonlocal Flow Modeling
   Qiong Zhang and Ken Kamrin
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, 058001 (2017)

A Hierarchy of Granular Flow Models: Why Flowing Grains are Both Simple and Complex
   Ken Kamrin
   EPJ Web of Conferences, 140, 01007 (2017)

Continuum Modeling of Projectile Impact and Penetration in Dry Granular Media
   Sachith Dunatunga and Ken Kamrin
   J. Mech. Phys. Solids., 100, 45-60 (2017)

Intrusion Rheology in Grains and Other Flowable Materials
   Hesam Askari and Ken Kamrin
   Nature Materials, 15, 1274-1279 (2016)

Coupled Dynamics of Flow, Microstructure, and Conductivity in Sheared Suspensions
   Tyler Olsen, Ahmed Helal, Gareth McKinley, and Ken Kamrin
   Soft Matter, 12, 7688-7697 (2016)

Mechanistic Origin of the Ultra Strong Adhesion between Graphene and a-SiO2: Beyond van der Waals
   Sandeep Kumar, David Parks, and Ken Kamrin
   ACS Nano, 10(7), 6552-6562 (2016)

CASL Structural Mechanics Modeling of Grid to Rod Fetting
   Wei Lu, M. D. Thouless, Zupan Hu, Hai Wang, Ramin Ghelichi, Chen-Hung Wu, Ken Kamrin,
   and David Parks
   JOM, 68(11), 2922-2929, (2016)

A Finite-Element Implementation of the Nonlocal Granular Rheology
   David Henann and Ken Kamrin
   Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng., 108, 273-302 (2016)

Modeling Growth Paths of Interacting Crack Pairs In Elastic Media
   Ramin Ghelichi and Ken Kamrin
   Soft Matter, 11, 7995 (2015)

Continuum Modelling and Simulation of Granular Flows Throuh Their Many Phases
   Sachith Dunatunga and Ken Kamrin
   J. Fluid. Mech., 779, 483-513 (2015)

Modeling Tensorial Conductivity of Particle Suspension Networks
   Tyler Olsen and Ken Kamrin
   Soft Matter, 11, 3875-3883 (2015)

Eulerian Method for Multiphase Interactions of Soft Solid Bodies in Fluids
   Boris Valkov, Chris Rycroft, and Ken Kamrin
   J. Appl. Mech., 82:4, 041011 (2015)

Nonlocal Modeling of Granular Flows Down Inclines
   Ken Kamrin and David Henann
   Soft Matter, 11:1, 179-185 (2015)

.  Two-Temperature Continuum Thermomechanics of Deforming Amorphous Solids
   Ken Kamrin and Eran Bouchbinder
   J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 73, 269-288 (2014)

.  Symmetry Relations In Vicoplastic Drag Laws
   Ken Kamrin and Joe D. Goddard
   Proc. Roy. Soc. A, 470:2172, 20140434 (2014)

Continuum Modeling of Secondary Rheology in Dense Granular Materials
   David Henann and Ken Kamrin
   Phys. Rev. Lett., 113, 178001 (2014)

.  Continuum Thermomechanics of the Nonlocal Granular Rheology
   David Henann and Ken Kamrin
   Int. J. Plasticity, 60, 145-162 (2014)

.  Effect of Particle Surface Friction on Nonlocal Constitutive Behavior of Flowing Granular Media
   Ken Kamrin and Georg Koval
   Comp. Part. Mech., 1:2, 169-176 (2014)

.  Small-Amplitude Acoustics in Bulk Granular Media
   David Henann, John Valenza, David Johnson, and Ken Kamrin
   Phys. Rev. E, 88, 042205 (2013)

A Predictive, Size-Dependent Continuum Model for Dense Granular Flows
   David Henann and Ken Kamrin
   PNAS, 110:17, 6730-6735 (2013)

Some Exact Properties of the Effective Slip Over Surfaces with Hydrophobic Patternings
   Pierre Six and Ken Kamrin
   Phys. Fluids, 25, 021703 (2013)

.  Reference Map Technique for Finite-Strain Elasticity and Fluid-Solid Interaction
   Ken Kamrin, Chris H. Rycroft, and Jean-Christophe Nave
   J. Mech. Phys. Solids  60, 1952-1969 (2012)

Nonlocal Constitutive Relation for Steady Granular Flow
   Ken Kamrin and Georg Koval
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 178301 (2012)

Soft Catenaries
   Ken Kamrin and L. Mahadevan
   J. Fluid Mech., 691, 165-177 (2012)

The Symmetry of Mobility Laws for Viscous Flow Along Arbitrarily Patterned Surfaces
   Ken Kamrin and Howard A. Stone
   Phys. Fluids, 23, 031701 (2011)

Effective Slip Boundary Conditions for Arbitrary Periodic Surfaces:  The Surface Mobility Tensor
   Ken Kamrin, Martin Z. Bazant, and Howard A. Stone
   J. Fluid Mech., 658, 409-437 (2010)

Nonlinear Elasto-Plastic Model for Dense Granular Flow
   Ken Kamrin
   Int. J. Plasticity, 26, 167-188 (2010)

Assessing Continuum Postulates in Simulations of Granular Flow
   Chris H. Rycroft, Ken Kamrin, Martin Z. Bazant
   J. Mech. Phys. Solids  57:5, 828-839 (2009)

Stochastic and Deterministic Models for Dense Granular Flow
   Ken Kamrin, Phd Thesis, MIT, June 2008

The Stochastic Flow Rule: A Multi-Scale Model for Granular Plasticity
   Ken Kamrin, Chris H. Rycroft, and Martin Z. Bazant
   Modelling Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 15, S449-S464 (2007)

Stochastic Flow Rule for Granular Materials
   Ken Kamrin and Martin Z. Bazant
   Phys. Rev. E 75, 041301 (2007)

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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