Check out the paper on contact force imaging on compressed hydrogel spheres, done at Duke University. Don’t forget the associated discrete element modeling work.
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Teaching General Chemistry 2 PCC12403
It never hurts to brush up on your chemistry. Well actually it does hurt, but it’s also fun.
Gelatine photoelastic hydrogel particles!
Measuring hydrogel friction
Resolving the rub in lubricated soft solid friction…
Visiting the pantheon of granular physics
It doesn’t look like much, but here is where the particle Gods live. Visiting IUSTI Marseille.
Stratasys Objet 30 printer working
+++ recommended
Classics
POV-Ray on experimental data of diffusion in granular flows never ceases to amaze. This video shows reconstructed laser-sheet imaging data from a so-called split-bottom shear experiment. The color indicates the angular velocity of the particles.
MultiPhase Matters 