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Granular Matter - Top 10 Downloaded Articles 2023

May 2023

We want to thank the authors of our most downloaded articles during 2022, and highlight to our readers some of the most impactful research to have published in the journal. We hope that you will find the data interesting.

Linking the macro-scale response of granular materials during drained cyclic loading to the evolution of micro-structure, contact network and energy components (this opens in a new tab)
Tara S. Sassel, Fernando Patino-Ramirez, Kevin J. Hanley & Catherine O’Sullivan 

Soft particles reinforce robotic grippers: robotic grippers based on granular jamming of soft particles (this opens in a new tab)
Holger Götz, Angel Santarossa, Achim Sack, Thorsten Pöschel & Patric Müller 

Fabric evolution and strain localisation in inherently anisotropic specimens of anisometric particles (lentils) under triaxial compression (this opens in a new tab)
Gustavo Pinzón, Edward Andò, Jacques Desrues & Gioacchino Viggiani 

Motion of a sphere in a viscous fluid towards a wall confined versus unconfined conditions (this opens in a new tab)
I. Fonceca, R. C. Hidalgo & D. Maza 

Percolating contacts network and force chains during interface shear in granular media (this opens in a new tab)
Fernando Patino-Ramirez, Catherine O’Sullivan & Daniele Dini 

Effect of particle size on the suction mechanism in granular grippers (this opens in a new tab)
Angel Santarossa, Olfa D’Angelo, Achim Sack & Thorsten Pöschel 

DEM study of an “avatar” railway ballast with real particle shape, fabric and contact mechanics (this opens in a new tab)
Mathias Tolomeo & Glenn R. McDowell 

Systematic effect of particle roundness/angularity on macro- and microscopic behavior of granular materials (this opens in a new tab)
Usman Ali, Mamoru Kikumoto, Matteo Ciantia, Ying Cui & Marco Previtali 

Comparative study of high-pressure fluid flow in densely packed granules using a 3D CFD model in a continuous medium and a simplified 2D DEM-CFD approach (this opens in a new tab)
R. Abdi, M. Krzaczek & J. Tejchman 

DEM-simulation of thin elastic membranes interacting with a granulate (this opens in a new tab)
Holger Götz & Thorsten Pöschel 

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