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Continuum modeling from solids to fluids

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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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