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Europhysics News
Volume 56, Number 3, 2025
Soft matter physics
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| Page(s) | 24 - 27 | |
| Section | Features | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epn/2025310 | |
| Published online | 31 July 2025 | |
Europhysics News 56/3, 2025, p. 24–27
Grains with different shape: what flows better, beads, rice or lentils?
Department of Complex Fluids, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics Budapest Hungary
We can often observe that particles with slightly elongated or flat shape develop orientational ordering during flow. Does this result in an increased flowability of the material?
© European Physical Society, EDP Sciences, 2025
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