CV: Raphael (Rafi) Blumenfeld |
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EDUCATION: |
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1989 |
PhD (Summa Cum Laude) Theoretical Physics, Tel Aviv University |
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1986 |
MSc (Summa Cum Laude) Physics, Tel Aviv University |
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APPOINTMENTS: |
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2024 |
Director of Studies for Natural Sciences, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University |
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2024 |
Research Fellow, ESE, Imperial College London (52% FTE) |
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2020-2023 |
Research Fellow, ESE, Imperial College London (52% FTE) |
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2019- |
Distinguished Professor, CSU, Hunan, China |
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2014-2017 |
Distinguished Professor, National University of Defense Technology, Hunan, China |
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2013- |
Editor, Granular Matter Journal, Springer |
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2012- |
Bye-Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK |
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2010-2012 |
Senior Visiting Fellow, Inst. of Shock Physics, Imperial College London |
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2009- |
College Lecturer, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK |
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2005-2019 |
Research Fellow, ESE, Imperial College London |
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1997- |
Long-Term visitor, Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge University |
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1997-1998 |
Project Leader, Molecular Simulations Inc., Cambridge, UK |
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1996-1997 |
Research Scientist (with Prof. S. Orszag), Cambridge Hydrodynamics, Princeton, NJ, USA |
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1993-1996 |
Director's Fellow (with Prof. A. R. Bishop), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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1992-1993 |
Research Associate (with Prof. S. Torquato), Princeton University, NJ, USA |
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1989-1992 |
Research Associate (with Prof. R. C. Ball), Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge University |
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1987 |
Visiting Scientist (with Prof. B. B. Mandelbrot), IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA |
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HONORS, AWARDS, GRANTS: |
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2024 |
9-month Shell Brunei grant (CoI) |
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2020-2023 |
3-year Shell Brunei grant (CoI) |
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2019- |
Awarded "High Level Foreign Talent", China government |
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2018 |
JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship BR180304 |
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2016-2020 |
4-year BP-ICAM grant |
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2015- |
Awardee of the 1000-Talent plan, China government |
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2014-2017 |
Distinguished Professor, NUDT, Hunan, China |
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2013-2016 |
Alan Howard Student Scholarship |
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2011 |
Undergraduate Research Bursary Nuffield URB/39915 |
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2010-2014 |
EPSRC EP/H051716/1 |
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2010 |
Visiting Grant, Tsukuba University |
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2009-2012 |
Teaching Associate, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK |
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2008-2011 |
Alan Howard Student Scholarship |
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2008-2009 |
EOARD Grant 083046 |
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2008 |
StatoilHydro Grant |
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2007-2012 |
Member of the Room, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK |
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2005-2008 |
EPSRC Grant GR/T28959/01 |
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1993-1996 |
Director's Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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1990-1992 |
Leo Baeck Lodge Award |
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1985, 88, 89 |
Weiler Foundation Scholarship Awards |
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1989 |
Distinction Award, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
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1982-1988 |
Scholarship Awards, Tel Aviv University, Israel |
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ORGANISATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
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2024 |
Session Chair, Ergodicity in Physical Systems and Beyond, Lincoln, UK, July 8 - 10 |
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2024 |
Organiser, International conference, 8th Edwards Symposium - Statistical Physics of Soft and Multicomponent Systems, Cambridge, UK, September 11 - 13 |
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2023 |
Organiser, International conference, 7th Edwards Symposium - New Paradigms in Soft Matter and Statistical Physics, Cambridge, UK, September 13 - 15 |
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2022 |
Organiser, International conference, 6th Edwards Symposium - Soft Matter for the 21st Century, Cambridge, UK, September 7 - 9 |
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2021 |
Organiser, International conference, 5th Edwards Symposium - Emerging trends in Soft Matter, Cambridge, UK, September 8 - 10 |
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2021 |
Session Chair, Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Warwick University, UK, June 23 - 24 |
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2019 |
Organiser, International conference, 4th Edwards Symposium - Emerging trends in Soft Matter, Cambridge, UK, September 4 - 6 |
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2018 |
Organiser, International conference, 3rd Edwards Symposium - New Horizons in Soft Matter, Cambridge, UK, September 5 - 7 |
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2018 |
Session Chair, 3rd Edwards Symposium - New Horizons in Soft Matter, Camridge, UK, September 5 - 7 |
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2018 |
6 lectures in the Summer School on Soft Matter and Biophysics on stress field theory in particulate media, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, July 1 - 5 |
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2018 |
Focus Session organiser, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 5 - 9 |
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2018 |
Session Chair, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 5 - 9 |
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2017 |
Session Chair, From Supercooled Liquids to Glasses: Current Challenges for Amorphous Materials, Kavli Inst., Beijing, China, August 7 - 18 |
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2017 |
Organiser, International conference, 2nd Edwards Symposium - Challenges and Opportunities in Soft Matter, Cambridge, UK, September 6 - 8 |
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2017 |
Organiser, The 2nd International Granular Flow Workshop, Guiyang, China, August 21 - 24 |
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2017 |
Session Chair, The 10th International Conference on Soft Matter and Biophysics, Xiamen, China, March 25 - 28 |
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2016 |
Member, core team of The Edwards Centre for Soft Matter, Cambridge University |
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2016 |
Session Chair and Moderator, BP-ICAM Annual Conference 2016, Manchester, UK, October 31 - November 2 |
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2016 |
Session Chair, 3rd International Conference on Packing Problems, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, August 29 - September 1 |
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2016 |
Member of the American Physical Society |
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2016 |
Organiser, International conference, Soft Matter - Theoretical and Industrial Challenges, Celebrating the Pioneering Work of Sir Sam Edwards, Isaac Newton Inst., Cambridge, UK, September 7 - 9 |
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2016 |
Organiser, 3rd International Workshop on Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions 2016, Changsha, Hunan, China, August 22 - 25 |
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2015 |
Member of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics |
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2015 |
Member of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Soft Matter |
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2015 |
Member of the American Physical Society |
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2015 |
Member of the Granular Materials Committee, Engineering Mechanics Institute |
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2015 |
Organiser, 2nd International Workshop on Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions 2015, Changsha, Hunan, China, August 31 - September 4 |
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2015 |
Session Chair, Beijing Soft Matter Workshop, Beijing, China, 17 April |
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2015 |
Sole organiser, Computational methods in flow dynamics and granular science, Changsha, Hunan, China, 14 April |
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2014 |
Organiser, International Workshop on Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions, Changsha, Hunan, China, September 15 - 18 |
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2013 |
Conference Scientific Committee member, International Symposium on Energy Challenges and Mechanics, Aberdeen, UK, 10-14 July |
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2013 |
Editor of Granular Matter journal |
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2011 |
Session Chair, 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Graz, Austria, July 9 - 13 |
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2011 |
Session Chair, Complexity in the Oil Industry, Inst. of Physics, Natal, Brazil, November 14 - 18 |
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2008 |
Session Chair, Granular Gases: Beyond the Dilute Limit, Thurnau, Germany, September 8 - 12 |
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2008 |
Session Chair and Discussion Leader, Structure and Packing in Gordon Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow, Waterville, Maine, US, July 22 - 26 |
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2007 |
Session Chair, Reservoir Simulation in Universities Forum on Reservoir Description and Simulation (UFORDS), Scarborough, UK, September 2 - 6 |
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2007 |
Organiser and Chairman, Workshop on Fractures, Complexity in the Oil Industry, Natal, Brazil, August 5 - 9 |
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2007 |
Discussion leader, Slow dynamics of granular materials and modelling quasi-statics in Workshop on Jamming, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, USA, June 20 - August 3 |
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2007 |
Discussion leader, Stress transmission and isostaticity theory in Workshop on Jamming, Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen CO, USA, June 20 - August 3 |
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2004-2006 |
Organiser and Chairman, Working Group on Dimensional Reduction in many-variable systems within the EU COST action P10 Physics of Risk |
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2004 |
Program Committee, SPIE conference Fluctuation and Noise, FaN2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, 25-28 May |
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2003 |
Chair, Statics and Dynamics of Systems of Rigid Particles, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK December 10 |
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2003 |
Organising Committee, SPIE conference Fluctuation and Noise, FaN2003, Santa Fe, NM, USA, June 1 - 4 |
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1999-2001 |
Specialist Subject Reviewer, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education, UK |
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2000 |
Organising Committee Member, MESOMECHANICS2000, China |
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1995 |
Organiser and Chair, Workshop on Fractal Analysis and Model ling of Materials, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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1994-1996 |
Organiser and Chair, Working Group on Protein Dynamics, Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA |
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INVITED AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES |
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2025 |
Invited talk, IRN GEOMECH Conference on "Multi-Physics and Multiscale Couplings in Geo-environmental Mechanics", La Rochelle, France, June 16-18 |
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2025 |
Invited talk, Edwards Centre meeting, Cambridge, UK, June 17 |
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2024 |
Invited talk, IS-Grenoble 2024, "International Symposium on Geomechanics from Micro to Macro", Grenoble, France, September 23-27 |
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2024 |
Invited talk, Conference on "Ergodicity in Physical Systems and Beyond", Lincoln, UK, July 8-10 |
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2023 |
Invited talk, "DKU Soft Matter Symposium: Model, Simulation and Application of Complex Fluids and Particulate Materials", DKU University, Kunshan, China, January 26-28 |
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2023 |
Invited talk, 2nd Confenerence on "Mechanical Systems Dynamics", Peking University, Beijing, China, September 1-5 |
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2021 |
Invited talk, Statistical Physics of Complex Systems", Warwick University, UK, June 23-24 (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/theory/events/spcs_robinball21/linkstorecordings/talk_from_rafi_blumenfeld.mp4) |
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2020 |
Keynote talk, Soft Matter Symposium on "Bridging Micro-Meso-Macroscopic Scales in Particulate and Biological Systems", Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China, December 17-20 |
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2020 |
Keynote talk, Workshop on "Emerging Scales in Granular Media", Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, January 14-16 |
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2020 |
Keynote talk, Edwards Centre Mini-conference, Cambridge, UK, January 10 |
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2019 |
Invited talk, 4th International Granular Flow Workshop, Yangtze-River-Delta Physics Research Ctr., Liyang, Jiangsu, China, Sept. 15 - 17 |
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2019 |
Invited talk, 4th International Conference on Packings, Yale University, CN, USA, June 3 - 7 |
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2018 |
Invited talk, KITS / IoP / CECAM Workshop: "Entropy without the Hot Air", Beijing, China, August 5 - 7 |
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2018 |
Invited talk, The 4th Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop for Complex Non-Equilibrium Systems, Shanghai, China, June 28 - 30 |
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2018 |
Invited talk, APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, March 5 - 9 |
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2017 |
Invited talk, Outlook of Soft Matter Physics and Its Applications, Beijing, China, December 16 - 17 |
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2017 |
Invited talk, The 2nd International Granular Flow Workshop, Guiyang, China, August 21 - 24 |
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2017 |
Invited talk, From supercooled liquids to glasses: Current challenges for amorphous materials, Kavli Inst. of Theoretical Science, Beijing, August 7 - 18 |
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2017 |
Opening talk, The 10th International Conference on Soft Matter and Biophysics, Xiamen, China, March 25 - 28 |
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2016 |
Packing: across length scales -, Shanghai, China, August 29 - September 1 |
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2016 |
Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions 2016 -, Changsha, China, August 22 - 25 (two talks) |
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2016 |
APS March meeting -, Baltimore, MD, USA, March 14 - 18 |
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2016 |
Dynamic Days XXXV -, Durham, NC, USA, January 7 - 10 (Closing talk) |
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2015 |
Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions 2015 -, Changsha, China, 31 August - 4 September (two talks) |
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2015 |
KITPC Workshop on: Controlled structural formation of soft matter -, Beijing, China, August 3 - 21 |
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2015 |
The Annual Meeting of Thermodynamic and Statistical Mechanics Education and Research Association of China 2015 -, Hunan, China, 12-15 July (three talks) |
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2015 |
EMI 2015 Conference -, Stanford, USA, 16-19 June (two talks) |
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2015 |
Soft Matter workshop -, Beijing, China, 17 April |
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2014 |
Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics -, Cambridge, UK, 4-8 December |
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2014 |
Soft and Granular Matter in Ambient and Extreme Conditions -, Changsha, China, 15-18 September |
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2014 |
Dynamic Systems: From Statistical Mechanics to Engineering Applications -, Zurich, Switzerland, 9-10 January |
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2014 |
International Winter School and Symposium on Statistical Mechanics and Simulation of Nonlinear Dynamics -, Changsha, China, 3-7 Jan (A six-lecture series) |
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2013 |
Powders and Grains 2013 - Sydney, Australia, 7-12 July |
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2012 |
ESMC-12 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference - Graz, Edinburgh, 9-13 July |
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2012 |
Workshop on Petroleum Engineering and Rock Mechanics (PERM) Affiliates Meeting - Imperial College London, 11 June |
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2011 |
Workshop on Isoperimetric problems, space-filling, and soap bubble geometry - ICMS, Edinburgh, 19-23 March |
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2011 |
Workshop on Complexity in the Oil Industry - Inst. of Physics, Natal, Brazil, 14-18 November |
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2011 |
Workshop on Fluctuations and Response in Active Materials: From Driven Granular Systems to Swarming Bacteria - Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 20-24 June |
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2011 |
Consortium meeting on Pore-Scale Modelling - Imperial College London, London, UK 11 January |
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2010 |
Gordon Conference on Flow and Transport in Permeable Media - Lewiston, ME, USA 11-16 July |
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2010 |
Gordon Conference on Granular and Granular-Fluid Flow - Waterville, ME, USA 20-25 June |
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2010 |
Mini-symposium on Fractured Reservoirs - Delft, Netherlands 10 June |
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2010 |
PERM Affiliates meeting on Petroleum Engineering and Rock Mechanics - Imperial College London, UK 7 June |
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2010 |
Workshop on Particulate Matter: Does Dimensionality Matter? - Dresden, Germany 30 May - 4 June |
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2010 |
Workshop on Granular Materials - Tsukuba, Japan 3-4 March |
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2009 |
IUTAM-ISIMM Symposium on Mathematical Modeling and Physical Instances of Granular Flows - Reggio Calabria, Italy, 14-18 September |
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2009 |
Workshop on Statistical Mechanics of Static Granular Media - Lorentz Centre, Leiden, The Nederlands, 6-10 July (Plenary Speaker) |
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2009 |
Petroleum Engineering and Rock Mechanics (PERM) Affiliates Meeting on Pore-scale modelling, London, UK, 22 June |
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2008 |
Workshop on Flow in Porous Media - I, Brasilia, Brazil, 18-24 Oct |
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2008 |
Workshop on Flow in Porous Media - II, Brasilia, Brazil, 18-24 Oct |
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2008 |
Conference on Granular Gases: Beyond the Dilute Limit, Thurnau, Germany, 7-12 Sept |
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2008 |
Petroleum Engineering and Rock Mechanics (PERM) Affiliates Meeting on Pore-scale modelling, London, UK, 16 June |
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2008 |
The BPI-Cavendish workshop, Cambridge, UK, 10 June |
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2008 |
IOP Meeting on Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2008, London, UK, 26-28 March |
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2008 |
Air Force Office for Scientific Research and Air Force Research Lab Meeting on Particulate Mechanics in Extreme Environments, Eglin Florida, USA, 29-31 January |
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2007 |
Meeting of the Society for Natural Philosophy on The Interface Between Atomistic and Continuum Theories, Houston, TX, 26-28 October |
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2007 |
Universities Forum on Reservoir Description and Simulation (UFORDS) - I, Scarborough, UK, 2-6 September |
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2007 |
Universities Forum on Reservoir Description and Simulation (UFORDS) - II, Scarborough, UK, 2-6 September |
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2007 |
Conference on Complexity in the Oil Industry - I, Natal, Brazil, 5-9 August |
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2007 |
Conference on Complexity in the Oil Industry - II, Natal, Brazil, 5-9 August |
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2007 |
StatPhys Satellite meeting Statics and Dynamics of Granular Media and Colloidal Suspensions, Naples, Italy |
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2007 |
Petroleum Engineering and Rock mechanics (PERM) Affiliates Meeting, Imperial College London |
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2007 |
USAF Workshop Particulate Mechanics in Extreme Environments, University of Florida, FL, US, January 23-25 |
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2006 |
20th Canberra International Physics Summer School Granular Matter, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, December |
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2005 |
Summer School Econophysics and complexity, Academy of Economics Studies, Bucharest, Romania |
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2004 |
Summer School Econophysics and complexity, Academy of Economics Studies, Bucharest, Romania |
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2004 |
IMA Workshop Modeling of Soft Matter, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), Minneapolis, US |
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2004 |
IChemE meeting Behaviour of Structured Granular Materials Across Length Scales, Leeds, UK |
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2003 |
Program Meeting, Physics of Risk, Nyborg, Denmark |
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2003 |
Workshop Flow Regimes, Transitions and Segregation in Granular and Particle-laden Flows, Cambridge, UK |
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2001 |
International conference on geometry, nonlinearity, and integrability in condensed matter and soft condensed matter physics, Bansko, Bulgaria |
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1998 |
The Polymer Consortium Annual Meeting, Cambridge, UK |
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1997 |
77th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, USA |
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1997 |
Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena in Transforming Solids, Penn State University, USA |
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1996 |
Workshop on Fracture, Friction and Deformation, Los Alamos national Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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1996 |
Workshop on Nonequilibrium Phase Transformations, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
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1995 |
FRACTALS 95, Marseilles, France |
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1996 |
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA |
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1994 |
Gordon conference on Fractals, San Miniato, Italy |
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1994 |
Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems (NEEDS94), Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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1994 |
MRS General Meeting, Boston, MA, USA |
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1993 |
Fractals in Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary |
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1992 |
Forum in Compaction Forming Operations, Aston University, Birmingham, UK |
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1994 |
NATO ASI Summer school Propagation of Correlations in Constrained Systems -, Institute d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese, Corsica, France (two talks) |
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INVITED COLLOQUIA / DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS |
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2021 |
Exact solution of the random close packing problem in two dimensions, Physics, Tel Aviv University |
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2021 |
Granular matter self-organises by entropy-stability competition into non-equilibrium detailed balance states, J. Granular Matter monthly Webinar |
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2021 |
Self-organisation of dense granular systems: theory, entropy, and non-equilibrium detailed balance, Inst. of Natural Sciences and Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
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2021 |
Introduction to statistical mechanics of granular media, Engineering Dept., Tsukuba University, Japan |
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2016 |
Statistical mechanics of granular systems, Engineering Dept., Peking University, Beijing, China |
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2016 |
Towards a stress theory of real granular materials, Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China |
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2016 |
Progress in statistical mechanics of a-thermal particulate systems, Yukawa Inst., Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
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2016 |
Bending back and rich behaviour of stress chains in isostatic annuli, Engineering Dept, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan |
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2016 |
Progress on granular statistical mechanics, Engineering Dept, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan |
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2015 |
Towards a stress theory for real granular materials, Physics, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
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2015 |
Towards a fundamental stress theory for real granular materials, Engineering, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan |
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2015 |
A local morphological descriptor of granular materials and its uses, Engineering, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan |
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2014 |
Fracture propagation in geo-materials – The single fracture dynamics, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China |
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2014 |
Structural characterisation and statistical mechanics of granular and porous systems: A systematic method to derive structure-property relation and equations of state, Inst. of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China |
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2014 |
Towards a fundamental stress theory for real granular materials, Center of soft matter physics and its applications, Beihang University, Beijing, China |
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2013 |
The science of granular matter, Dept. of physics, University of Cambridge, UK |
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2013 |
Structural characterisation and statistical mechanics of granular matter, Dept. of chemical and environmental engineering, University of Nottingham, UK |
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2012 |
From statistical mechanics of granular, cellular and porous materials to structure-property relations - a systematic approach, Dept. of Physics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK |
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2012 |
Statistical mechanics of granular, cellular and porous media and structure-property relations – a systematic approach, Dept. of Mathematics, Open University, UK |
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2011 |
Controlled force mediation in the cytoskeleton: A dream model awaiting experimental verification, Institut fur Experimentelle Physik, Universitat Ulm, Ulm, Germany |
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2010 |
Da Vinci Fluid - a minimal model for flow of dense granular materials, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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2010 |
From pore-scale structural characterisation to macro-scale structure-property predictions, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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2010 |
Da Vinci Fluid model for flow of dense granular materials, Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2010 |
Understanding stress transmission in dense granular materials, Engineering Dept, Tokyo University, Japan |
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2010 |
Lecture course: 1. Stress transmission in granular packs - why do conventional theories struggle? 2. Stress transmission in granular packs - isostaticity theory and beyond; 3. Entropic formalism for the statistics of granular packs; 4. Stresses and force chains in granular materials: misconceptions and new directions, Engineering Dept, Kyoto University, Japan |
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2009 |
Stress transmission and incipient yield flow in dense granular materials, Civil Engineering Dept, Sydney University, Australia |
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2009 |
Systematic derivation of structure-property relations in porous and cellular materials, Civil Engineering Dept, Sydney University, Australia |
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2008 |
Stresses in Granular Systems: A paradigm of Complexity, Mathematics Dept, Brunel University, UK |
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2008 |
Stresses in granular systems, ICP, Stuttgart University, Germany |
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2008 |
The Rich Dynamics of Process Zone Limited Fracture Propagation in Heterogeneous Materials, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK |
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2008 |
Stresses in granular systems and yield flow, DAMTP, Cambridge University, UK |
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2008 |
Applied Modelling and Computation Group (AMCG), Imperial College London, UK |
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2008 |
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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2008 |
School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA |
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2007 |
Physics Department, North Carolina State University, NC, USA |
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2007 |
Physics Department, Duke University, NC, USA |
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2006 |
Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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2006 |
Biology Department, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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2006 |
Physics Department, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
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2006 |
Laboratoire de Physique Theorique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France |
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2004 |
Department of Applied Mathematics, Bristol University, UK |
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2004 |
Institute for Physics of Geological Processes, Oslo, Norway |
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2004 |
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK |
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2003 |
Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK |
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2003 |
Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK |
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2002 |
Engineering Department, Kings College, London, UK |
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2001 |
Physics Department, Leeds University, Leeds, UK |
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2000 |
Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany |
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1997 |
Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany |
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1996 |
Physics Department, Wake Forest University, NC, USA |
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1996 |
Physics Department, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA |
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1995 |
Santa Fe Institute, NM, USA |
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1996 |
Physics Department, University of Texas El Paso, TX, USA |
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1996 |
Physics Department, New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM, USA |
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1994 |
Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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1994 |
Physics Department, Arizona State University, AZ, USA |
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1993 |
Physics Department, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA |
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1992 |
Physics Department, Birmingham University, UK |
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GRADUATE STUDENTS |
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Years |
Name and Dissertation or Research Title |
Degree |
Place of Employment |
2023 |
Demosthenes Georgiou: "A search for the densest random packing of the bi-disperse disks in d=2: a numerical investigation" |
MSci project |
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2022 |
Alex D.C. Myhill: "Structural dynamics of 2D superfluid granular systems" |
MSci project |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2020 |
James M. Bird: "Statistical mechanics of social situations: optimising high table conversations" |
MSci project |
Analyst, Devon Equity Management Ltd. |
2020 |
Sulaimaan Lim: "A theoretical model for E.Coli survival strategy in the gut" |
MSci project |
PhD student, Imperial College London |
2019 |
Daniel Owens: "Statistics of stress distribution in loosely aggregated asteroids " |
MSci project |
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2019 |
Jens Havgaard Nyhegn: "Stress spirals and focusing in isostatic granular discs" |
MSci project |
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2018 |
Clara Wanjura: "The structural evolution of granular matter" |
MSc |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2018 |
Yuliang Wang: "Strain-driven hardening of fibrous networks" |
MSci project |
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2018 |
Daniel L. Duffy: "Relating proximity to the jamming critical point and isostatic regions in particulate media" |
MSci project |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2017 |
Clara Wanjura: "Structural evolution in quasi-static flow of dense granular systems" |
ERASMUS Masters |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2017 |
David King: "Statistical Mechanics for Dynamics of Slow and Dense Particulate Media" |
PhD |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2017 |
Do V. A. Nguyen: "Understanding plastic deformation in particulate systems" |
Summer Project |
Finance sector, Dublin |
2017 |
Liu Ping: "Active objects in granular materials" |
PhD |
University Lecturer, China |
2016 |
David A. King: "Toward an effective medium stress theory of stato-elastic media" |
MSci project |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2016 |
Nikoletta Prastiti: "Fractures in weakly consolidated media - stress and the process zone" |
MSc |
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2015 |
Zheng-Yu Yong: "Structural evolution of granular materials" |
MSc |
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2015 |
David A. King: "Derivation of Equations and Solutions for the Stresses in a Layered Elastic-Isostatic Medium" |
Summer Project |
PhD student, University of Cambridge |
2014 |
Ling Huang (Walter): "Dynamics and effects of penetrators into granular materials" |
MSc |
Officer, Republic of China Army |
2014 |
Louis Bortolozzo: "Development of a continuous stress field theory for 3D isostatic systems" |
MSci project |
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2013 |
Shahar Amitai: "Predictive model for the design of porous media with application to fuel cells" |
PhD |
Developer at Google, UK |
2013 |
Alan Bowman: "Ribbon dynamics in 3D" |
MSci project |
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2013 |
Reuven Shirazi: "The Calderon problem in random resistor etworks" |
MSci project |
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2013 |
Marise Westbroek: "Dynamics of director fields in 2D" |
MSci project |
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2012 |
Andrew Gibbons: "Development of a systematic method to describe shapes of 3D objects" |
MSci project |
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2012 |
Giovanni Camisasca: "Loop forces and mechanical equilibrium of 2D granular structures" |
MSci project |
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2012 |
Christopher Revel: "Stem cell sorting in mammalian embryos as a self-organising physical process" |
PhD |
Research Fellow, Manchester University |
2011 |
Christopher Revell: "Shear flow of da Vinci Fluids" |
MSci project |
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2011 |
Julian Ma: "Stress transmission in disc-like granular systems" |
MSci project |
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2011 |
Harrison Steggles: "Dynamics of planar fractures in disordered media" |
MSci project |
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2011 |
Yipei Guo: "Oscillatory shear flow of da Vinci Fluids" |
MSci project |
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2011 |
William Handley: "Stress equations in isostatic and granular systems: hyperbolic or elliptic?" |
Summer project) |
Research Fellow, Universioty of Cambridge |
2010 |
Simon Nathan: "Couette Flow of a da Vinci Fluid" |
MSci project |
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2010 |
Harry R. Kennard: "The famous packing problem – ellipses" |
MSci project |
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2010 |
Finn Grimwood: "Gravitational Flow of a DaVinci Fluid" |
MSci project |
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2010 |
Joseph Jordan: "Computing entropy and ordering of granular materials: From description to prediction" |
PhD |
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2010 |
Imbert Wang: "Coarse-graining the fabric tensor of the Isostaticity stress field equations" |
Summer Project) |
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2010 |
Zilvinas Rimas: "Characterisation of force chain networks" |
Summer Project) |
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2010 |
Chris Revell: "Characterisation of packing of ellipses" |
Summer Project) |
Research Felloow, Manchester University |
2009 |
Rebecca Hihinashvili: "Morphological characterisation of porous materials for fuel cell technology" |
PhD |
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2009 |
Lauri Toikka: "The famous particle packing problem" |
MSci project |
PDRA, University of Innsbruck |
2008 |
Anna Timoshina: "Statistics of force chain networks in granular systems - skeletonisation" |
MSci project |
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2008 |
Joe Jordan: "Statistics of force chain networks in granular systems" |
MSci project |
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2008 |
Hannah Davies: "Shaken not Stirred: conductivity of shaken graphite particles" (with W. Proud) |
MSci project |
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2008 |
Phil Tooke: "Structural analysis of deposited particles in two dimensions" |
MSci project |
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2007 |
Michael Peyton-Jones: "Quantitative analysis of contact forces in a two-dimensional poly-distributed particle bed using photoelastic methods" (with W. Proud) |
Summer student |
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2007 |
Ian Hewett: "A study of gas permeation through granular beds" (with W. Proud) |
MSci project |
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2007 |
Arutchelvi Harichandran: "Distribution of heights on top of a granular pack" |
MSc project |
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1994-5 |
Rudolph Held: "Characterisation of, and flow in, porous media" |
MSc summer student |
Group Leader, HydroStatoil, Trondheim, Norway |
1995 |
Yi Jiang: 1. "Growth of planar Laplacian surfaces" 2. "Parameter flow in coarse-graining of disordered systems" |
PhD Summer student |
Staff member, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
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PUBLICATIONS (see also Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=d9jE_J4AAAAJ&hl=en) |
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2025 |
Raphael Blumenfeld, Takashi Matsushima, Jie Zhang, Self-organization, detailed balance, and stress-structure correlations in 2D granular dynamics, EPJ Web Conf. , to appear, https://arxiv.org/abs/xxxx |
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2025 |
Takashi Matsushima, Zhipeng Yu, Dominik Krengel, Raphael Blumenfeld, Cell Structure of 2D Cohesive Granular Solid, EPJ Web Conf., to appear, https://arxiv.org/abs/xxxx |
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2025 |
Dominik Krengel, Haoran Jiang, Takashi Matsushima, Raphael Blumenfeld, Effects of particle angularity on granular self-organization, Phys. Rev. E, submitted, https://arxiv.org/abs/xxxx |
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2024 |
Clara C. Wanjura, Amelie Maylander, Othmar Marti, Raphael Blumenfeld, Detailed balance in non-equilibrium dynamics of granular matter: derivation and implications, Journal X, preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05059 |
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2024 |
Chenyang Huang, Yang Yu, Peter R. King, Bin Cheng, Raphael Blumenfeld, Structure-dependent fragmentation risk of rubble-pile asteroids on low-impacts, Mon. Not. Roy. Astr. Soc., XX, under review, https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16723 |
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2025 |
Xiaoyu Jiang, Raphael Blumenfeld, Takashi Matsushima, Coordinated Stress-Structure Self-Organization in Granular Packing, Phys. Rev. E, 111, 045406; https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.045406 |
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2024 |
Raphael Blumenfeld, Granular solids transmit stress as two-phase composites, Phys. Rev. E, 109, 014901; https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10581 |
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2023 |
Paula A. Gago, Marcos A. Madrid, Stefan Boettcher, Raphael Blumenfeld, Peter King, Effect of bevelled silo outlet in the flow rate during discharge, Powder Technology, 428, 118842; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2023.118842 |
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2023 |
Alex D. C. Myhill, Raphael Blumenfeld, Steady states of two-dimensional granular systems are unique, stable, and sometimes satisfy detailed balance, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 56, 345001, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1751-8121/ace56d, https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.10526 |
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2022 |
Ayaka Yanagida, Elena Corujo-Simon, ChristopherK. Revell, Preeti Sahu, Giuliano G. Stirparo, Irene M. Aspalter, Alex K. Winkel, Ruby Peters, Henry De Belly, Davide A.D. Cassani, Sarra Achouri, Raphael Blumenfeld, Kristian Franze, Edouard Hannezo, Ewa K. Paluch, Jennifer Nichols, Kevin J. Chalut, Cell surface fluctuations regulate early embryonic lineage sorting, Cell, 185, 777; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.01.022 |
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2022 |
Xiaoling Wang, Raphael Blumenfeld, Xi-QiaoFeng, David A.Weitz, Phase transitions in bacteria - From structural transitions in free living bacteria to phenotypic transitions in bacteria within biofilms, Physics of Life Reviews, 43, 98, DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2022.09.004 |
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2022 |
R. Blumenfeld, Comment on "Explicit analytical solution for random close packing in d=2 and d=3", PRL 128, 028002, https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10550 |
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2021 |
R. Blumenfeld, Sub-anomalous diffusion and unusual velocity distribution evolution in cooling granular gases: theory, submitted; https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.06260 |
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2021 |
R. Blumenfeld, Erratum: Disorder Criterion and Explicit Solution for the Disc Random Packing Problem, Phys. Rev. Lett, 127, 259901 |
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2021 |
R. Blumenfeld, Disorder Criterion and Explicit Solution for the Disc Random Packing Problem, Phys. Rev. Lett, 127, 118002; http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.11774 |
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2021 |
X. Sun, Yinqiao Wang, Yujie Wang, R. Blumenfeld, J. Zhang, Experimental evidence of detailed balance in granular systems, Journal, XX, submitted; https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.01355 |
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2021 |
J. He, R. Blumenfeld, H. Zhu, Mechanical Behaviors of Sandy Sediments Bearing Pore-Filling Methane Hydrate under Different Intermediate Principal Stress, Int. J. Geomech. 21, 04021043; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0001965. |
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2021 |
P. Liu, X. Ran, Q. Cheng, W. Tang, J. Zhou, R. Blumenfeld, Locomotion of Self-Excited Vibrating and Rotating Objects in Granular Environments, MDPI Applied Science 11, 2054; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052054 |
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2021 |
T. Matsushima, R. Blumenfeld, Statistical properties of cell stresses in 2D granular solids, EPJ Web Conf., 249, 02006 |
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2021 |
X. Jiang, T. Matsushima, R. Blumenfeld, Structural characteristics of ordered clusters in packs of ellipses, EPJ Web Conf., 249, 06004 |
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2020 |
X. Sun, W. Kob, R. Blumenfeld, H. Tong, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Friction-controlled entropy-stability competition in granular systems, Phys. Rev. Lett., 125, 268005: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.268005 |
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2020 |
P. Liu, X. Ran, R. Blumenfeld, Sink-rise dynamics of horizontally oscillating active matter in granular media: Theory, Phys. Rev. Lett,, submitted |
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2020 |
A. Yanagida, C. Revell, G. Stirparo, S. Achouri, D. Cassani, R. Blumenfeld, K. Franze, E. Paluch, J. Nichols, K. Chalut, FGF-mediated cell surface fluctuations drive early embryonic lineage segregation, Phys. bioRxiv: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.16.250084 |
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2019 |
Y-J. Feng, R. Blumenfeld and C. Liu, Support of Modified Archimedes' Law Theory in Granular Media, Soft Matter 15, 3008; DOI: 10.1039/C8SM02480D. |
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2019 |
C. Revell, R. Blumenfeld and K. J. Chalut, Force-based three-dimensional model predicts mechanical drivers of cell sorting, Biological Physics, Proc. Roy. Soc. B: Biological Sciences. |
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2018 |
M. Schwartz and R. Blumenfeld, Stress Tensor for Dense Granular Flow in Plug-Free Regions, Phys. Rev. E 98, 042905; (also http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01708) |
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2018 |
C. M. Verstreken, K. J. Chalut and R. Blumenfeld, Equally probable positive and negative Poisson's ratios in disordered planar systems, Soft Matter 14, 6554. DOI: 10.1039/C8SM00717A. |
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2018 |
W. Kang, Y. Feng, C. Liu and R. Blumenfeld, Archimedes' law explains penetration of solids into granular media, Nature Comm. 9, 1101. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03344-3. |
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2018 |
Cheng Qi, Ran Xian-Wen, Liu Ping, Tang Wen-Hui and R. Blumenfeld, Numerical simulation of a spinning sphere moving in granular matter, Acta Physica Sinica 67, 014702. DOI: 10.7498/aps.66.014702. |
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2017 |
S. Amitai, A. Bertei and R. Blumenfeld, Theory-based design of sintered granular composites triples three-phase boundary in fuel cells, Phys. Rev. E 96, 052903; (also http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/1706.05974) |
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2017 |
S. Amitai and R. Blumenfeld, Affine and topological structural entropies in granular statistical mechanics: explicit calculations and equation of state, Phys. Rev. E 95, 052905; (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1701.05860.pdf) |
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2017 |
R. Blumenfeld, S. Amitai, J.F. Jordan and R. Hihinashvili, Reply to comment on "On the failure of the volume function in granular statistical mechanics and an alternative formulation", Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, 039802 |
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2017 |
T. Matsushima and R. Blumenfeld, Fundamental structural characteristics of planar granular assemblies: self-organisation and scaling away friction and initial state, Phys. Rev. E 95, 032905 (2017); (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.2988.pdf) |
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2017 |
R. Blumenfeld and J. Ma, Bending back stress chains and unique behaviour of granular matter in cylindrical geometries, J. Gran. Matt. 19:29; (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.06484v1.pdf) |
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2017 |
R. Blumenfeld, M.E. Cates, and M. Warner, Report on International workshop: Soft Matter - Theoretical and Industrial Challenges, celebrating the pioneering work of Sir Sam Edwards, Appl. Rheology 27, 46 |
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2017 |
S. Amitai and R. Blumenfeld, Modifying continuous-time random walks to model finite-size particle diffusion in granular porous media, J. Gran. Matt. 19, 1-9; (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1501.03998v2.pdf) |
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2016 |
R. Blumenfeld, Statistical mechanics of dense granular fluids - contacts as quasi-particles, submitted, Phys. Rev. Lett.; (also http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.02015) |
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2016 |
L. Huang, X. Ran and R. Blumenfeld, Vertical dynamics of a horizontally-oscillating active object in a 2D granular medium, Phys. Rev. E 94, 062906; (also http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01457) |
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2016 |
R. Blumenfeld, S. Amitai, J.F. Jordan and R. Hihinashvili, On the failure of the volume function in granular statistical mechanics and an alternative formulation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 148001; (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1507.03779v2.pdf) |
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2015 |
R. Blumenfeld, Obituary: Professor Sir Sam F. Edwards FLSW FRS FIMA (1928–2015), Mathematics TODAY, August Issue |
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2014 |
R. Blumenfeld, Structural evolution of granular systems: Theory, http://arxiv.org/pdf/1412.6933v1.pdf |
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2014 |
M. Schwartz and R. Blumenfeld, Flow equations for dense granular fluids: New insight from a first-principles derivation, submitted, Phys. Rev. Lett. |
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2014 |
T. Matsushima and R. Blumenfeld, On universal structural characteristics of granular packs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 098003; (also http://arxiv.org/pdf/1305.6093.pdf) |
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2014 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. F. Edwards, Granular statistical mechanics - a personal perspective, Euro. Phys. J. 223, 2189-2204 (DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02258-y) |
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2013 |
T. Matsushima and R. Blumenfeld, Microstructural characteristics of planar granular solids, Powders and Grains 2013, 1186-1189, doi: 10.1063/1.4812149 |
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2013 |
R. Blumenfeld, G. F. Grimwood, M. Schwartz, and Sam F. Edwards, Da Vinci Fluid as a model for dense granular flow, Granular Matter, submitted |
2013 |
R. Blumenfeld, J. F. Jordan and S. F. Edwards, Granular statistical mechanics: volume-stress phase space, equipartition and equations of state, Powders and Grains 2013, 325-328, doi: 10.1063/1.4811933 |
2013* |
R. Blumenfeld, S. F. Edwards and S. M. Walley, Granular systems, in The Oxford Handbook of Soft Condensed Matter, pp 167, Eds. E. Terentjev and D. Weitz (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2013) |
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2012 |
R. Blumenfeld, J. F. Jordan and S. F. Edwards, Inter-dependence of the volume and stress ensembles and equipartition in statistical mechanics of granular systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 238001 (2012); (http://arxiv.org/pdf/1204.2977.pdf) |
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2012 |
R. Hihinashvili and R. Blumenfeld, Structural-entropic characteristics of dense planar granular systems, Granular Matter 14, 277-282 (2012); DOI: 10.1007/s10035-012-0332-5 |
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2012 |
R. Blumenfeld and Sam F. Edwards, Theory of strains in auxetic materials, Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 25, 565 (2012); DOI: 10.1007/s10948-012-1464-x; cond-mat/1111.6684 |
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2011 |
M. Schwartz and R. Blumenfeld, Plug flow formation and growth in da Vinci Fluids, Granular Matter 13, 241-245 (2011) |
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2010 |
R. Blumenfeld, Sam F. Edwards and M. Schwartz, Da Vinci Fluids, catch-up dynamics and dense granular flow, European J. Phys. E 32, 333-338 (2010) |
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2009 |
G. Frenkel, R. Blumenfeld, P. King, M. Blunt, Topological Analysis of Foams and Tetrahedral Structures, Adv. Eng. Mat. 11, 169-176 (2009) |
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2009 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. F. Edwards, On granular stress statistics: compactivity, angoricity and some open issues, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 3981-3987 (2009) |
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2008 |
M. Gerritsen, G. Kreiss, R. Blumenfeld, Stress chain solutions in two-dimensional isostatic granular systems: fabric-dependent paths, leakage and branching, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 098001 (2008) |
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2008 |
M. Gerritsen, G. Kreiss, R. Blumenfeld, Analysis of stresses in two-dimensional isostatic granular systems, Physica A 387, 6263-6276 (2008) |
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2008 |
G. Frenkel, R. Blumenfeld, Z. Grof, P. R. King, The structure and statistics of 2D granular systems, Phys. Rev. E. 77, 041304 (2008) |
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2007* |
G. Frenkel, R. Blumenfeld, P. R. King and M. Blunt, Topological Analysis of Foams and Tetrahedral Structures, in Proceedings of MetFoam 2007 - Conference on Porous Metals and Metallic Foams, Montreal, Canada |
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2007* |
R. Blumenfeld, On entropic characterization of granular materials, in Lecture Notes in Complex Systems Vol. 8: Granular and Complex Materials, pp 43-53, eds. T. Aste, A. Tordesillas and T. D. Matteo (World Scientific 2007), Singapore) |
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2007* |
S. F. Edwards and R. Blumenfeld, Thermodynamics of granular materials, in Physics of Granular Materials, ed. A. Mehta (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2007) |
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2007 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. F. Edwards, Blumenfeld and Edwards Reply to Comment on "Granular Entropy: Explicit Calculations for Planar Assemblies", Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 089402 (2007) |
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2007 |
R. Blumenfeld, Stresses in two-dimensional isostatic granular systems: Exact solutions, New Journal of Physics 9, 160 (2007) |
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2006 |
R. Blumenfeld, Isostaticity and action at a distance in the cytoskeleton - A model awaiting experimental evidence, Biophysical Journal 91, 1970 (2006) |
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2006 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. F. Edwards, Geometric partition functions of cellular systems: Explicit calculation of the entropy in two and three dimensions, EuroPhys. J. E 19, 23 (2006) |
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2006 |
R. Blumenfeld, Auxetic strains - insight from iso-auxetic materials, Molecular Simulations 31, 867 (2005) |
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2006* |
R. Blumenfeld and P. King, Entropy-mediated structure-permeability relations in skeletal porous materials, in Proceedings of CMWR XVI 2006 - Computational Methods in Water Resources XVI International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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2005 |
R. Blumenfeld, S. F. Edwards and R. C. Ball, Granular matter and the marginal rigidity state, J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 17, S2481 (2005) |
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2005* |
R. Blumenfeld, Stress transmission and isostatic states of non-rigid particulate systems, IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Vol. 141: Modeling of Soft Matter, eds. M-.C.T. Calderer and E. M. Terentjev, (Springer-Verlag, New York 2005); (Also: arXiv:cond-mat/0501700 [cond-mat.soft]) |
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2004 |
R. Blumenfeld, Stresses in isostatic granular systems and emergence of force chains, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 118301 (2004) |
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2004 |
R. Blumenfeld, Stress in planar cellular solids: Coarse-graining the constitutive equation, Physica A 336, 361 (2004) |
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2003 |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, From Plasticity to a renormalisation group, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 361 , 731 (2003) |
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2003 |
T. J. Sluckin, A. J. Bray, T. McLeish, R. Blumenfeld, E. J. Hinch, R. Magerle, R. C. Ball, Coarsening dynamics of phase-separating systems - discussion, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 361 , 791 (2003); |
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2003 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. F. Edwards, Granular entropy: Explicit calculations for planar assemblies, Phys.Rev. Lett. 90, 114303 (2003) |
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2003 |
R. Blumenfeld, Stress transmission in planar disordered solid foams, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36, 2399-2411 (2003) |
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2002 |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, The stress field in granular systems: Loop forces and potential formulation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 115505 (2002) |
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2002 |
R. Blumenfeld, Dynamics of twists on antiferromagnetic spin chains: Theory, Eur. Phys. J. B 29, 261 (2002) |
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2001 |
R. Blumenfeld, Strange dynamics of domain walls and periodic stripes on antiferromagnetic chains, cond-mat/0108470 (2001) |
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2000 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. Balakrishnan, Exact multi-twist solutions for the Belavin-Polyakov equation and application to magnetic systems, J. Phys. A 33, 2459 (2000) |
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2000 |
R. Blumenfeld, Pulling a chain's leg: The pullout dynamics of entangled chains, Macromolecules 32, 1082 (2000) |
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1999 |
R. Blumenfeld, Hierarchical structure of domain walls in magnetic layers, Phase Transitions 69, 237 (1999) |
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1998 |
R. Blumenfeld, Dynamics of fracture propagation in the mesoscale: Theory, Theor. And Appl. Frac. Mech. 30, 209 (1998) |
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1998* |
R. Blumenfeld, Dynamics of fracture propagation in the mesoscale: Theory, in Proceedings of MESOMECHANICS98, Tel Aviv, Israel (2008) |
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1997 |
R. Balakrishnan and R. Blumenfeld, On the twist excitations in a classical anisotropic antiferromagnetic chain, Phys. Lett. A 237, 69 (1997) |
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1997 |
A.E. Garcia, R. Blumenfeld, G. Hummer and J. A. Krumhansl, Multi-Basin Dynamics of a Protein in a Crystal Environment, Physica D 107, 225, (1997) |
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1997 |
R. Balakrishnan and R. Blumenfeld, Transformation of general curve evolution to a modified Belavin-Polyakov equation, J. Math. Phys. 38, 5878 (1997) |
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1997 |
R. Blumenfeld and Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Mass fractal lacunarity, L\'evy dusts, Mittag-Leffler statistics, and perceived dimension, Phys. Rev. E 56, 112 (1997) |
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1997 |
R. Blumenfeld, Planar curve representation of many-body systems and dynamics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1203 (1997) |
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1997 |
B. L. Holian, R. Blumenfeld and P. Gumbsch, An Einstein model of brittle crack propagation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 78 (1997) |
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1996 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Strongly nonlinear composite dielectrics: a method for exact solution for the potential field and effective bulk properties - Addition, Phys. Rev. B 54, 9555 (1996) |
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1996 |
R. Blumenfeld, Nonequilibrium brittle fracture propagation: Steady state, oscillations and intermittency, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3703 (1996) |
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1996* |
A. E. Garcia, R. Blumenfeld, G. Hummer and J. Sobehart, Diffusion of a protein in configuration space, in Proceedings of The 9th Conversation in Biomolecular Stereodynamics, Eds. R.H. Sarma and M.H. Sarma (Adenine Press, Schenectady, NY 1996) |
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1996* |
S. Zhou, R. Blumenfeld, B. Holian and P. S. Lomdahl, Study of fiber composite failure criterion, in MRS Proceedings V409 Fracture-instability dynamics, scaling, and ductile/brittle behavior, Eds. R. L. Blumberg Selinger et al., (1996) |
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1995 |
R. Blumenfeld, Pattern formation in Laplacian growth: Theory, Center for Nonlinear Studies Newsletter 112, April (1995) |
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1995 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, Two dimensional Laplacian growth as a system of creating and annihilating particles, Phys. Rev. E, Phys. Rev. E 51, 3434 (1995) |
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1995* |
R. Blumenfeld and Robin C. Ball, Characterization of fractal and hierarchical morphologies beyond the fractal dimension, in Proceedings of the MRS General Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (1995) |
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1995* |
R. Blumenfeld, A theory for the morphology of Laplacian growths from statistics of equivalent many-body systems, in Fractal Reviews in the Natural and Applied Sciences, Ed. M. M. Novak (Chapman-Hill, 1995) |
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1995* |
R. Blumenfeld, A morphological theory for Laplacian nonlinear growth processes via statistics of equivalent many-body systems, in Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Dynamical Systems (NEEDS94), Eds. V.G. Makhankov, A.R. Bishop, and D.D. Holm (World Scientific, 1995) |
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1995* |
R. Blumenfeld, Towards a theory of growing surfaces: Mapping Laplacian growth onto Hamiltonian dynamics and statistics, in Fluctuations and Order: The New Synthesis, Ed. M. M. Millonas (Springer-Verlag, 1995) |
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1994 |
R. Blumenfeld, Formulating a first-principles statistical theory of growing surfaces in two-dimensional Laplacian fields, Phys. Rev. E 50, 2952 (1994) |
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1994 |
V. Milman, N. A. Stelmashenko and R. Blumenfeld, Fracture surfaces: A critical review and a morphological analysis of scanning tunneling microscopy measurements, Prog. Mater. Sci. 38, 425-474 (1994) |
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1994 |
R. Blumenfeld, Two dimensional Laplacian growth can be mapped onto Hamiltonian dynamics, Phys. Lett. A 186, 317-322 (1994) |
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1994* |
R. Blumenfeld, A theory for growing interfaces in Laplacian fields: a many-body formulation and statistical analysis, in Proceedings of the MRS General Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (1994) |
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1993 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, Quantifying morphology of scale-invariant structures beyond the fractal dimension, Fractals 1, 985-991 (1993) |
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1993 |
R. Blumenfeld and S. Torquato, A coarse-graining procedure to generate and analyze heterogeneous materials: Theory, Phys. Rev. E 48, 4492-4500 (1993) |
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1993 |
V. Milman, R. Blumenfeld, N. A. Stelmashenko and R. C. Ball, Experimental measurements of the roughness of brittle cracks, Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 204 (1993) |
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1993 |
R. Blumenfeld, Explicitly exact solutions for waves in a family of nonlinear media, Physica D 66, 7-13 (1993) |
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1993 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, A probe for morphology and hierarchical correlations in scale invariant structures, Phys. Rev. E 47, 2298-2302 (1993) |
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1993 |
J. Adler, A. Aharony, R. Blumenfeld, A. B. Harris and Y. Meir, The distribution of the logarithms of currents in percolating resistor networks, II. Series expansion, Phys. Rev. B 47, 5770-5782 (1993) |
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1993 |
A. Aharony, R. Blumenfeld and A. B. Harris, The distribution of the logarithms of currents in percolating resistor networks, I. Theory, Phys. Rev. B 47, 5756-5769 (1993) |
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1993 |
C. Bowen, D. L. Hunter, R. Blumenfeld and N. Jan, Magnetism and high Tc superconductors, J. Physique I France 3, 83-92 (1993) |
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1992 |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, Universal scaling of the stress field at the vicinity of a wedge crack in two dimensions and oscillatory self-similar corrections to scaling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2254 (1992) |
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1992 |
E. Duering, R. Blumenfeld, D. J. Bergman, A. Aharony and M. Murat, Current distributions in a two-dimensional random-resistor-network, J. Stat. Phys. 67, 113-121 (1992) |
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1992 |
R. Blumenfeld, An exact solution for electromagnetic waves in strongly nonlinear media, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 25, L275-L282 (1992) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, Onset of scaling behaviour in 2D slow cracking, Modern Phys. Lett. B 5, 1567-1573 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Strongly nonlinear composite dielectrics: a method for exact solution for the potential field and effective bulk properties, Phys. Rev. B 44, 7378-7386 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, Onset of scale-invariant pattern in growth processes: The cracking problem, Physica A 177, 407-415 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. C. Ball, P. W. H. Barker and R. Blumenfeld, Sidebranch selection in fractal growth, EuroPhys. Lett. 16, 47-52 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld, The functional form of the $T_c(x)$ line in the phase diagram of high temperature superconductors, Physica C 178, 119-124 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, Exact results on exponential screening in two-dimensional diffusion limited aggregation, Phys. Rev. A 44, R828-R831 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Nonlinear susceptibilities of granular matter, Phys. Rev. B 43, 13682-13683 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld, Geometrical correlations and the origin of x values at the maximum and intersects of $T_c(x)$ in $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$, J. de Physique 1, 159-166 (1991) |
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1991 |
R. Blumenfeld, Phase coherence oscillation of holes in $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$, dynamics of single holes in the $CuO$ plane and the typical pairing time, Physica A 168, 705-713 (1990); (Erratum) Physica {\bf A 180}, 462 (1991) |
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1990 |
G. Corsten, C. Liem, R. Blumenfeld and N. Jan, Pairing of holes via vortex/antivortex attraction in doped $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$, J. de Physique 51, 2229-2233 (1990) |
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1990 |
R. Blumenfeld and A. Aharony, Reply to Comment on "Breakdown of multifractal behaviour in diffusion limited aggregates", Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1843 (1990) |
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1990 |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, Universal scaling of the stress field at the vicinity of a wedge crack in two dimensions and oscillatory self-similar corrections to scaling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 6, 1784-1787 (1990) |
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1990 |
R. Blumenfeld, Novel flux solutions in nonlinear continuum systems with negative dynamic resistance, Physica A 168, 697-704 (1990) |
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1990* |
R. Blumenfeld, Novel flux solutions in nonlinear conducting continuum systems with negative dynamic resistance, in Proceedings of the EPS-8 meeting Trends in Physics, Ed. F. Pleiter (1990) |
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1990* |
R. Blumenfeld, N. Jan, G. Corsten and C. Liem, Evidence for vortex/antivortex mediated pairing of holes in doped $La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4$ and a possible mechanism for the holes movement, in Proceedings of the EPS-8 meeting Trends in Physics, Ed. F. Pleiter (1990) |
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1990* |
R. C. Ball and R. Blumenfeld, Universal scaling of the stress field generated by a two dimensional wedge crack and periodic self-similar corrections to scaling, in Proceedings of the EPS-8 meeting Trends in Physics, Ed. F. Pleiter (1990) |
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1990* |
G. Corsten, C. Liem, R. Blumenfeld, N. Jan and C. Bowen, Vortex-antivortex pairing of holes in frustrated XY spin systems, in Correlations and connectivity, Eds. H. E. Stanley and N. Ostrowsky (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1990) |
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1990* |
R. Blumenfeld and R. C. Ball, Universally correlated scale-invariant sidebranching in propagation of a two-dimensional cracking growth, in Correlations and connectivity, Eds. H. E. Stanley and N. Ostrowsky (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1990) |
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1989 |
O. Entin-Wohlman, U. Sivan, R. Blumenfeld and Y. Meir, Dynamic structure factor of fractals, Physica D 38, 93-97 (1989) |
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1989 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Exact calculation to second order of the effective dielectric constant of a strongly nonlinear composite, Phys. Rev. B 40, (Rapid Comm.) 1987-1989 (1989) |
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1989 |
R. Blumenfeld, Universality and superuniversality of multifractals in nonlinear networks, J. Stat. Phys. 56, 233-241 (1989) |
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1989 |
R. Blumenfeld and A. Aharony, Breakdown of multifractal behaviour in diffusion limited aggregates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 2977-2980 (1989) |
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1989 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Nonlinear dielectrics: electrostatics of random media and propagation of waves in a homogeneous slab, Physica A 157, 428-436 (1989) |
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1989 |
A. Aharony, R. Blumenfeld, P. Breton, B. Fourcade, A. B. Harris, Y. Meir and A. -M. S. Tremblay, Negative moments of currents in percolating resistor networks, Phys. Rev. 40, (Brief Report) 7318 (1989) |
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1988 |
U. Sivan, R. Blumenfeld, Y. Meir and O. Entin-Wohlman, Dynamic structure factor of a deterministic fractal, Europhys. Lett. 7, 249-253 (1988) |
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1988 |
R. Blumenfeld, Probability densities of homogeneous functions: Explicit approximation and applications to percolating networks, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 21, 815-825 (1988) |
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1987 |
Y. Meir, R. Blumenfeld, A. B. Harris and A. Aharony, Series analysis of randomly diluted nonlinear networks with negative nonlinearity exponent, Phys. Rev. B 36, 3950-3952 (1987) |
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1987 |
R. Blumenfeld and D. J. Bergman, Fluid flow in a random porous medium: A network model and effective medium approximation, J. Appl. Phys. 62, 1616-1621 (1987) |
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1987 |
R. Blumenfeld, Y. Meir, A. Aharony and A. B. Harris, Resistance fluctuations in randomly diluted networks, Phys. Rev. B 35, 3524-3535 (1987) |
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1986 |
Y. Meir, R. Blumenfeld, A. Aharony and A. B. Harris, Series analysis of randomly diluted nonlinear resistor networks, Phys. Rev. B 34, 3424-3428 (1986) |
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1986 |
R. Blumenfeld, Y. Meir, A. B. Harris and A. Aharony, Infinite set of exponents describing physics on fractal networks, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 19, L791-L796 (1986) |
1989 |
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1985 |
R. Blumenfeld and A. Aharony, Nonlinear resistor fractal networks, topological distances, singly connected bonds and fluctuations, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18, L443-L448 (1985) |
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1985* |
R. Blumenfeld and A. Aharony, Nonlinear resistor fractal networks, topological distances, singly connected bonds and fluctuations, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18, L443-L448 (1985) |
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