
Rotational dynamics of individual particles in sheared granular materials is surprisingly “thermal” and indicative of mesoscopic mechanisms that underpin concepts such as shear jamming. Here we reanalyzed existing data set with the help of a very multidisciplinary team.
Dong Wang, Nima Nejadsadeghi, Yan Li, Shashi Shekhar, Anil Misra, Joshua A. Dijksman — Soft Matter (2021)