A microscopic theory for discontinuous shear thickening of frictional granular materials

We extend a recent theory for the rheology of frictionless granular materials [K. Suzuki and H. Hayakawa, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2015, 115, 098001] to the case of frictional disks in two dimensions. Employing a frictional contact model for molecular dynamics simulations, we derive difference equations of the shear stress, the granular temperature, and the spin temperature from the generalized Green-Kubo formula, where all the terms are given by microscopic expressions. The numerical solutions of the difference equations not only describe the flow curve, but also reproduce the hysteresis of shear stress, which can be the signature of discontinuous shear thickening of frictional disks.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, the conference proceedings for Powders & Grains 201

Quantitative test of the time dependent Gintzburg-Landau equation for sheared granular flow in two dimension

We examine the validity of the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation of granular fluids for a plane shear flow under the Lees-Edwards boundary condition derived from a weakly nonlinear analysis through the comparison with the result of discrete element method. We verify quantitative agreements in the time evolutions of the area fraction and the velocity fields, and also find qualitative agreement in the granular temperature.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures. This paper is one of contributed papers to the proceedings of IUTAM symposium on "MOBILE PARTICULATE SYSTEMS: Kinematics, Rheology and Complex Phenomena" held at Bangalore in January 23-27, 201