Robert P Behringer, J. B. Duke Professor (secondary appts: Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering & Material Sciences) of Physics
| Office Location: | 049 Physics Bldg |
| Office Phone: | +1 919 660 2550, +1 919 660 2553 |
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| Web Page: | http://www.phy.duke.edu/~bob |
Teaching (Fall 2008):
- PHYSICS 201.01, NONLINEAR/COMPLEX SYS
Synopsis
- Physics 119, TuTh 02:50 PM-04:05 PM
- PHYSICS 213.01, NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
Synopsis
- Physics 150, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM
- Research Interests: Condensed Matter
Professor Robert P. Behringer is a James B. Duke Professor of Physics. Dr. Behringer's research interests include nonlinear dynamics and low-temperature physics. His studies of nonlinear dynamics include experiments on granular flow, on convection in liquid helium, as well as room temperature fluids, and on convection in porous media. His group has recently pioneered the use of magnetic resonance imaging and novel optical techniques to study flows in porous media. Novel experiments on the flow of granular materials such as sand have yielded new insights into the dynamics of this complex, technically important and intriguing system. Other experiments probe pattern formation phenomena in shear flows and in film flows. Experiments in low-temperature physics probe the unusual and striking properties of superfluid helium.
- Current Ph.D. Students
(Former Students)
- Jie Ren
- Junyao Tang
- Somayeh Farhadi
- Peidong Yu
- Postdocs Mentored
- Jie Zhang (2005 - present)
- Matthias Sperl (August, 2004 - November 28, 2006)
- Jean-Philippe Matas (2003/12-present)
- Brian Utter (2002/12-present)
- Karen Daniels (2002/12-present)
- Jeanman Sur (2002/12-present)
- Scott Paulson (2002/12-present)
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- R.P. Behringer, A. Wilkinson, and P. Metzger, Editorial, Granular Matter, vol. 9 (September, 2007), pp. 293
- T.S. Majmudar, M. sperl, S. Luding and R.P. Behringer, The Jamming Transition in Granular Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 98 (February, 2007), pp. 058001
- M. Dutt and R.P. Behringer, Effects of surface friction on a two-dimensional granular system: numerical model of a granular collider experiment, Phys. Rev. E, vol. 75 (2007), pp. 021305
- R.P. Behringer, K. E. Daniels, T. S. Majmudar, and M. sperl, Fluctuations, correlations, and Transitions in Granulr Materials: Statistical Mechanics for a Non-Conventional System, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (Accepted, 2007)
- M. Carey, M. Steen, and R.P. Behringer, Binary convection in a porous medium (Preprint, 2007)
- Recent Grant Support
- Validation for "Dune" through Ball Collision Experiments, DOE through Lawrence-Livermore National Lab, 2001/04-2030/09.
- FRG-Collaborative Research: Physical, Mathematical and Engineering Problems in slow Granular Flow, NSF, 2001/07-2030/06.
- Dynamics and Rheology of Cohesive and Deformable Granular Materials: Hopper and shear Flow, IFPRI, 2007/10-2010/09.
- Multiscale Phenomena in the Solid-Liquid Transition State of a Granular Material, ARO, 2007/04-2010/03.
- Support for Gordon Conference on Granular & Granular-Fluid Flow, ARO, 2008/06-2009/06.
- Statics and Quasi-Statics of Granular Matter, Binational Science Foundation, 2005/11-2008/10.
- Statics and Quasi-Statics of Granular Matter, Binational Science Foundation, 2005/11-2008/10.
- Collaborative Research: SGER: Measuring Forces in Three-Dimensional Granular Materials, NSF-DMR, 2006/11-2008/04.
- Support for US Participants to Attend Powders and Grains, NSF, 2005/03-2006/02.
- Statistical Properties of Dense Granular Materials: Force Transmission, Jamming and Fluctuations, NSF-DMR, 2006/03.
- Statistical Properties of Dense Granular Materials: force transmission, jamming and fluctuations Transmission, Jamming and Fluctuations, NSF, 2004/01.