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Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow

Gordon Research Conference

Fundamental Challenges and Applications of Particulate Systems

July 20 - 25, 2014
Chair Bulbul Chakraborty
Vice Chairs Douglas J. Durian and Matthias Schröter
Stonehill College
320 Washington Street
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Description

The 2014 Gordon Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flows will focus on the fundamental challenges of predicting emergent behavior in particulate matter with particular emphasis on connecting basic developments in the field with challenges faced in applications of granular materials. The conference will bring together a collection of investigators who are at the forefront of their field, and will provide opportunities for junior scientists and graduate students to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. Some poster presenters will be selected for short talks. The collegial atmosphere of this conference, with programmed discussion sessions as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides an avenue for scientists from different disciplines to brainstorm and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in the various research areas represented.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmLarge-Scale Phenomena
7:40 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion Leader: Karen Daniels (North Carolina State University)
7:50 pm - 8:25 pmCarlos Santamarina (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Particulars of the Particulate: Unexpected Phenomena in Granular Materials and Engineering Implications"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pmDiscussion
8:40 pm - 9:15 pmDerek Richardson (University of Maryland)
"Granular Dynamics in the Solar System"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmShear Jamming and Dilatancy
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Robert P. Behringer (Duke University)
9:10 am - 9:45 amBrian Tighe (Delft University of Technology)
"Softening, Stiffening, and Dilatancy"
9:45 am - 10:05 amDiscussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 amJie Ren (Merck Corporation)
"Reynolds Pressure and Relaxation in Sheared Granular Systems"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:05 pmDapeng Bi (Syracuse University)
"Rigidity in Shear Jammed States"
12:05 pm - 12:25 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I (Even Numbers)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSelf-Propelled Particles
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Jennifer Schwarz (Syracuse University)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmNitin Kumar (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
"Flocking at a Distance in Active Granular Matter"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pmAparna Baskaran (Brandeis University)
"Active Fluids: Another Class of Inherently Out-of-Equilibrium Fluids"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDense Athermal Suspensions
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Bulbul Chakraborty (Brandeis University)
9:10 am - 9:45 amEric Brown (Yale University)
"Transient Jamming in Suspensions"
9:45 am - 10:05 amDiscussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 amJeff Morris (Levich Institute, CUNY)
"Frictional Interactions in Viscous Suspensions: Abrupt Shear Thickening and the Flow-Induced Jamming Transition"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 12:05 pmDaniel Bonn (University of Amsterdam)
"How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids: Mechanics of and Sliding Friction on Wet Sand"
12:05 pm - 12:25 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I (Even Numbers)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmGranular Physics in the Pharmaceutical Industry
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Rahul Bharadwaj (Jenike & Johanson)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmAdam Procopio (Merck Corporation)
"Granular Fracture and Resultant Compact Mechanical Properties"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pmJon Hilden (Eli Lilly & Co.)
"Granular Flow Challenges in Pharmaceutical Drug Product Development"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmAvalanches and Plasticity
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Ted Brzinski (North Carolina State University)
9:10 am - 9:45 amChris Marone (Penn State)
"The Role of Granular Processes in the Spectrum of Tectonic Fault Slip Behaviors and the Mechanics of Slow Earthquakes"
9:45 am - 10:05 amDiscussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 amTakahiro Hatano (Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo)
"Granular Friction in a Wide Range of Shear Rates"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 11:45 amCharles Lieou (UCSB)
"Shear Flow of Angular Grains: Acoustic Effects and Non-Monotonic Rate Dependence of Volume"
11:45 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pmDeepak Kumar (TIFR, India)
"Self Organization in Triboelectrically Charged Granular Matter"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pmDiscussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pmCasey LaMarche (University of Colorado)
"Critical Role of Surface Roughness in Predicting Fluidization of Cohesive Particles"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II (Odd Numbers)
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmGravity Driven Flow
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Doug Durian (University of Pennsylvania)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmIker Zuriguel (Universidad de Navarra, Spain)
"Clogging in Bottlenecks: General Features in Systems of Grains, Colloids and Self-Propelled Particles"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pmNarayanan Menon (TIFR, India)
"Structure and Mechanics of Loose Packings of Frictional Spheres"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmJamming of Frictionless Grains
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Corey S. O'Hern (Yale University)
9:10 am - 9:45 amDavid Egolf (Georgetown University)
"The Chaotic Dynamics of Jamming"
9:45 am - 10:05 amDiscussion
10:05 amCoffee Break
10:35 am - 11:10 amAtsushi Ikeda (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Disentangling Glass and Jamming Physics: An Insight from Rheology"
11:10 am - 11:30 amDiscussion
11:30 am - 11:45 amStefano Martiniani (University of Cambridge)
"Numerical Calculation of Granular Entropy"
11:45 am - 11:50 amDiscussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pmAxelle Amon (Institut de Physique de Rennes)
"Emergence of Cooperativity in Plasticity of Granular Materials"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pmDiscussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pmJennifer Rieser (University of Pennsylvania)
"Structure and Deformation in Compressed Disordered Packings"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II (Odd Numbers)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmChallenges of Bulk Material Processing
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Matthias Schroeter (MPIDS, Gottingen)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmJohn Carson (Jenike & Johanson)
"Real World Challenges in Analyzing and Designing Equipment and Systems to Store, Process and Handle Particulate Solids"
8:15 pm - 8:35 pmDiscussion
8:35 pm - 9:10 pmRouven Weiler (BASF, Germany)
"Calibration and Validation of Bulk Solid Properties for DEM Simulations in Chemical Industry"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

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