Shear jamming image. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Southampton
Liquid-like materials with particles in, known as dense suspensions, are found in the food industry (eg molten chocolate) and clay deposits on the bottom of oceans or rivers. Understanding the ‘jamming transition’ – when such a system behaves like a solid (if you want to build something on it) or when it flows (important if you want to process it) – could help in the design of new materials that actively use this transition from fluid-like to solid-like behaviour.
Ivo Peters, Lecturer in Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics Research Group at the Uni of Southampton...
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