Granular Matter

Presentations

• Relaxation mechanics of granular slopes by rotation or vibration

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Hiroaki Katsuragi

    • The University of Osaka

  Authors

  • Hiroaki Katsuragi

    • The University of Osaka

  • Hayato Narita

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• Quantifying heterogeneity in frictional contacts between photoelastic particles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Eduardo Castellanos

    • North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Eduardo Castellanos

    • North Carolina State University

  • Karen Daniels

    • North Carolina State University

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• Unraveling 3D Granular Mixing Dynamics in Rotating Drums via Magnetic Resonance Particle Tracking

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Publication: M. Suter, J. P. Metzger, A. Port, C. R. Müller, and K. P. Pruessmann, (2025), arXiv:2503.22425.

  Presenters

  • Jens Patrick Metzger

    • ETH Zurich and University of Zurich

  Authors

  • Jens Patrick Metzger

    • ETH Zurich and University of Zurich

  • Mathieu Suter

    • ETH Zürich and University of Zürich

  • Andreas Port

  • Christoph Müller

  • Klaas Pruessmann

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• Stress concentrations in granular materials under complex and narrow confinement

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • William Hobson-Rhoades

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • William Hobson-Rhoades

    • University of Michigan

  • Yuefeng Jin

  • Wenxi Li

  • Ashley Bucsek

  • Hongyi Xiao

    • University of Michigan

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• Dynamic Behavior of Slip Avalanches on a Granular Pile Matches Mean-Field Scaling Predictions

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Susan Lehman

    • College of Wooster

  Authors

  • Susan Lehman

    • College of Wooster

  • Gus Glasheen

  • Karin Dahmen

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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• Powder flowability assessment (of common pharmaceutical excipients): shear cell comparison and beyond

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • David Goldfarb

    • Merck & Co., Inc.

  Authors

  • David Goldfarb

    • Merck & Co., Inc.

  • Sara Koynov

    • Merck

  • Kristen Duda

  • Plinio De los Santos

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• Pulling out a compliant beam in granular media: particle-based simulations and experiments under X-ray imaging

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Amir Nazemi

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Amir Nazemi

    • University of Michigan

  • Hongyi Xiao

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• Granular materials made from soft inflatable particles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Nidhi Pashine

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Nidhi Pashine

    • Syracuse University

  • Moyosore Odunsi

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• Tuning geometry in staple-like and barbed entangled particles: “pick-up” experiments and Monte Carlo simulations

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Publication: 1. Sohn, Y., Pezeshki, S., & Barthelat, F. (2025). Tuning geometry in staple-like entangled particles:"pick-up" experiments and Monte Carlo simulations. Granular Matter, 27(3), 55.
  2. Pezeshki, S., Sohn, Y., Fouquet, V., & Barthelat, F. (2025). Tunable entanglement and strength with engineered staple-like particles: Experiments and discrete element models. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106127.

  Presenters

  • Youhan Sohn

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Youhan Sohn

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Saeed Pezeshki

    • University of colorado Boulder

  • Francois Barthelat

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

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• Anomalous Enhancement of Yield Force in a Minimal Friction-Stabilized Structure

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Publication: To be published.

  Presenters

  • Ryudo Suzuki

    • Kyoto Univ

  Authors

  • Ryudo Suzuki

    • Kyoto Univ

  • Takashi Matsushima

  • Tetsuo Yamaguchi

  • Marie Tani

  • Shin-ichi Sasa

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• Accelerating Casimir Force Computations Between Complex Particles Using a Transformer-Based Scattering Framework

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Publication: Daize Li, Yachen Xie, Bonan Zhang, Yifei Liu*. Accelerating Casimir Force Computations Between Complex Particles Using a Transformer-Based Scattering Framework (planned papers)

  Presenters

  • Yi-Fei Liu

    • Shenzhen University

  Authors

  • Daize Li

  • Yachen Xie

  • Bonan Zhang

  • Yi-Fei Liu

    • Shenzhen University

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