Shear-Induced Collective Shape Oscillations in Dense Soft Suspensions
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| author | Hadjifrangiskou, Ioannis Valani, Rahil N. Pinto, Diogo E. P. |
| author_facet | Hadjifrangiskou, Ioannis Valani, Rahil N. Pinto, Diogo E. P. |
| contents | Dense suspensions of deformable particles can exhibit rich nonequilibrium dynamics arising from complex flow-structure coupling. Using a multi-phase field model, we show that steady shear drives an initially disordered, dense, soft suspension into a positionally and orientationally ordered state, within which particles undergo robust self-sustained shape oscillations. These oscillations originate from repeated T1 neighbor exchanges that force the ordered particle lattice to cyclically traverse different ordered configurations, coupling particle deformation to evolving lattice topology. By identifying the lattice angle as a key variable, we construct a minimal one-degree-of-freedom model that quantitatively captures the limit cycle oscillation. Because these mechanisms rely only on deformability, packing, and shear, they provide a generic route to collective time-dependent behavior in dense soft suspensions. |
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| spellingShingle | Shear-Induced Collective Shape Oscillations in Dense Soft Suspensions Hadjifrangiskou, Ioannis Valani, Rahil N. Pinto, Diogo E. P. Soft Condensed Matter Dense suspensions of deformable particles can exhibit rich nonequilibrium dynamics arising from complex flow-structure coupling. Using a multi-phase field model, we show that steady shear drives an initially disordered, dense, soft suspension into a positionally and orientationally ordered state, within which particles undergo robust self-sustained shape oscillations. These oscillations originate from repeated T1 neighbor exchanges that force the ordered particle lattice to cyclically traverse different ordered configurations, coupling particle deformation to evolving lattice topology. By identifying the lattice angle as a key variable, we construct a minimal one-degree-of-freedom model that quantitatively captures the limit cycle oscillation. Because these mechanisms rely only on deformability, packing, and shear, they provide a generic route to collective time-dependent behavior in dense soft suspensions. |
| title | Shear-Induced Collective Shape Oscillations in Dense Soft Suspensions |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08445 |