Three-dimensional visualization of contact networks in granular material

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Award date 26-09-2013
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  • 9789461918550
Number of pages 199
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract The research in this thesis is dedicated to the development of fluorescent dyes for quantitative imaging of contact forces in soft matter. The ultimate goal is the direct visualization of force networks in three-dimensional granular systems, in particular of the magnitude of individual contact forces between touching particles, as such providing valuable information on how forces are distributed throughout the bulk of a granular packing.
Document type PhD thesis
Note Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language English
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