Jamming: an overview

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Jamming: an overview

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 15th March 2004
  • Speaker: Colin Holmes (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

The subject of jamming (the interruption of flow due to a driving force which is 'too large') is rather interesting. It occurs most obviously in granular materials, in which any solidity is a consequence of external forcing, but behaviour reminiscent of this may also be observed in colloids. This, in turn, may be related to the glass transition. In this talk, I shall provide an overview of jamming in colloids, granulars and rodents, highlighting what I believe to be the important issues. It seems likely that I will present more questions than answers...

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