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Publications [#245543] of Robert P. Behringer

Papers Published

  1. Daniels, KE; Behringer, RP, Characterization of a freezing/melting transition in a vibrated and sheared granular medium, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, vol. 2006 no. 7 (July, 2006), pp. P07018-P07018, IOP Publishing, ISSN 1742-5468 [doi]
    (last updated on 2019/02/20)

    Abstract:
    We describe experiments on monodisperse spherical particles in an annular cell geometry, vibrated from below and sheared from above. This system shows a freezing/melting transition such that under sufficient vibration a crystallized state is observed, which can be melted by sufficient shear. We characterize the hysteretic transition between these two states, and observe features reminiscent of both a jamming transition and critical phenomena. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA.