In collaboration with Vera Janssen, Alexander Siemens and Martin van Hecke

We experimentally apply a slow pure shear deformation to a quasi-two-dimensional foam under glass-liquid boundary conditions. In contrast to earlier research, which focussed on the behavior of dense systems, we investigate the behavior close to the jamming transition.

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In collaboration with Johannes Simon, Zorana Zeravcic, Simon Dagois-Bohy, Brian P. Tighe and Martin van Hecke

In the last decade, computer simulations have been used to gain insight in the behaviour of granular matter. This has allowed a description of the behaviour for small deformations. In this project, we are working on what happens beyond small deformations.

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