RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON "CHALLENGES IN GRANULAR PHYSICS"

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RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON "CHALLENGES IN GRANULAR PHYSICS" | (smr 1322)

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Tuesday, 7 August 2001

08:30 - 09:00 Registration

Location: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)
- 08:30 Registration 30'
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome & Introduction
- 09:00 Welcome & Introduction 15'
  
  Speaker: M.A. Virasoro
09:15 - 10:15 The Relation of Granular Systems to Glasses
- 09:15 The Relation of Granular Systems to Glasses 1h0'
  
  Speaker: S. Edwards (U. Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory)

10:15 - 11:00 Dense Granular Media as Athermal Glasses

10:15 Dense Granular Media as Athermal Glasses 45'

Speaker:	J. Kurchan (ESPCI, Paris)
Material:	lecture notes

11:00 - 11:15 Break
- 11:00 Break 15'

11:15 - 12:00 Spin Models on Random Graphs & Granular Compaction

11:15 Spin Models on Random Graphs & Granular Compaction 45'

Speaker:	J. Berg (ICTP, Trieste)
Material:	lecture notes

12:00 - 12:45 Nonlinear Elasticity and Thermodynamics of Granular Materials

12:00 Nonlinear Elasticity and Thermodynamics of Granular Materials 45'

Speaker:	H. Makse (CCNY- Levich Institute, New York)
Material:	lecture notes

12:45 - 14:30 Lunch
- 12:45 Lunch 1h45'
14:30 - 15:15 Toward the Maximally Random Jammed State of Sphere Packings
- 14:30 Toward the Maximally Random Jammed State of Sphere Packings 45'
  
  Speaker: S. Torquato (Princeton U., Dept. of Chemistry & Materials Inst.)

15:15 - 16:00 Diffusing Force Chains and Stress Propagation in Granular Materials

15:15 Diffusing Force Chains and Stress Propagation in Granular Materials 45'

Speaker:	D. Levine (Technion University, Haifa)
Material:	lecture notes

16:00 - 16:30 Break
- 16:00 Break 30'

16:30 - 17:15 Consequences of Isostaticity in Granular Packings

16:30 Consequences of Isostaticity in Granular Packings 45'

Speaker:	C. Moukarzel (CINVESTAV, University of Merida)
Material:	lecture notes

17:15 - 18:00 Virtual Reconstruction of Real Granular Packings

17:15 Virtual Reconstruction of Real Granular Packings 45'

Speaker:	G. Seidler (University of Washington-Seattle)
Material:	lecture notes

18:45 - 18:45 Small Reception

Location: Adriatico Guest House (Terrace)
- 18:45 Small Reception

Wednesday, 8 August 2001

09:00 - 09:45 Vibrated Sand

09:00 Vibrated Sand 45'

Speaker:	A. Mehta (S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta)
Material:	lecture notes

09:45 - 10:30 Compaction and Density Fluctuations in Vibrated Granular Media
- 09:45 Compaction and Density Fluctuations in Vibrated Granular Media 45'
  
  Speaker: E. Nowak (U. Delaware, Physics & Astronomy)
10:30 - 11:00 Break
- 10:30 Break 30'

11:00 - 11:45 The Steady State Dynamics of the Tapped Ising Model

11:00 The Steady State Dynamics of the Tapped Ising Model 45'

Speaker:	D. Dean (IRSAMC, U. Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
Material:	lecture notes

11:45 - 12:30 Towards a Thermodynamical Description of Compact Granular Media

11:45 Towards a Thermodynamical Description of Compact Granular Media 45'

Speaker:	V. Loreto (University of Rome "La Sapienza")
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
- 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
14:30 - 15:15 Rheology of Granular Flow
- 14:30 Rheology of Granular Flow 45'
  
  Speaker: T. Halsey (ExxonMobil Research, Annandale)
15:15 - 16:00 Transient and Steady-State Dynamics of Granular Shear Flows
- 15:15 Transient and Steady-State Dynamics of Granular Shear Flows 45'
  
  Speaker: W. Losert (University of Maryland, Institute for Plasma Research)
16:00 - 16:15 Break
- 16:00 Break 15'

16:15 - 17:00 Dense Granular Flow as a Self-Activated Process

16:15 Dense Granular Flow as a Self-Activated Process 45'

Speaker:	O. Pouliquen (IUSTI, Marseilles)
Material:	lecture notes

17:00 - 17:45 Surface Granular Flows in Heap Formation and Rotating Cylinders

17:00 Surface Granular Flows in Heap Formation and Rotating Cylinders 45'

Speaker:	D. Khakhar (IIT-Mumbai)
Material:	lecture notes

Thursday, 9 August 2001

09:00 - 09:45 Experimental Studies of the Granular Temperature in Granular Gases
- 09:00 Experimental Studies of the Granular Temperature in Granular Gases 45'
  
  Speaker: N. Menon (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
09:45 - 10:15 Kinetic theory of granular gases
- 09:45 Kinetic theory of granular gases 30'
  
  Speaker: A. Zippelius (Georg-August U.,Dept. Physics, Goettingen)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
- 10:15 Break 15'

10:30 - 11:15 Kinetic Theory & Hydrodynamics for Rapid Granular Flow

10:30 Kinetic Theory & Hydrodynamics for Rapid Granular Flow 45'

Speaker:	J. Dufty (University of Florida- Gainesville)
Material:	lecture notes

11:15 - 12:00 Multiparticle Structures in Non-Sequentially Reorganized Hard Sphere Deposits

11:15 Multiparticle Structures in Non-Sequentially Reorganized Hard Sphere Deposits 45'

Speaker:	G. Barker (Institute of Food Research, Norwich)
Material:	lecture notes

12:00 - 14:30 Lunch
- 12:00 Lunch 2h30'
17:00 - 19:30 Excursion to Trieste & Surroundings (to be confirmed)
- 17:00 Excursion to Trieste & Surroundings (to be confirmed) 2h30'

Friday, 10 August 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Particles and Fluids
- 09:00 Particles and Fluids 1h0'
  
  Speaker: S. Nagel (University of Chicago, Department of Physics)
10:00 - 10:45 Pattern Selection and Evolution for Sand Ripples under Water
- 10:00 Pattern Selection and Evolution for Sand Ripples under Water 45'
  
  Speaker: J. Krug (University of Essen, Physics of Crystallography)
10:45 - 11:00 Break
- 10:45 Break 15'
11:00 - 11:45 NMR as a Non-Invasive Tool to Measure Flow Parameters of Granular Matter
- 11:00 NMR as a Non-Invasive Tool to Measure Flow Parameters of Granular Matter 45'
  
  Speaker: E. Fukushima (New Mexico Resonance)
11:45 - 12:30 Sedimentation at Zero Reynolds Number
- 11:45 Sedimentation at Zero Reynolds Number 45'
  
  Speaker: P. Chaikin (Princeton University, Department of Physics)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch
- 12:30 Lunch 2h0'
14:30 - 15:15 Free Cooling of a Granular Fluid as an Ordering Process
- 14:30 Free Cooling of a Granular Fluid as an Ordering Process 45'
  
  Speaker: U. Marini-Bettolo (U. of Rome "La Sapienza", Dept. of Physics)

15:15 - 16:00 Inelastic Hard Spheres With Random Restitution Coefficients: a New Model for Heated Granular Fluids

15:15 Inelastic Hard Spheres With Random Restitution Coefficients: a New Model for Heated Granular Fluids 45'

Speaker:	A. Barrat (LPT, Université Paris-Sud, Paris)
Material:	lecture notes

16:00 - 16:15 Break
- 16:00 Break 15'
16:15 - 17:00 Radial & Axial Segregation of Granular Mixtures in a Rotating Drum
- 16:15 Radial & Axial Segregation of Granular Mixtures in a Rotating Drum 45'
  
  Speaker: S. Puri (School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi)

Saturday, 11 August 2001

09:00 - 09:45 The Four Fronts of Avalanches: A Test Case for Granular Surface Flow Modelisation

09:00 The Four Fronts of Avalanches: A Test Case for Granular Surface Flow Modelisation 45'

Speaker:	S. Douady (ENS, Département de Physique, Paris)
Material:	lecture notes

09:45 - 10:30 The Effect of Avalanching in a Two-Species Ripple Model

09:45 The Effect of Avalanching in a Two-Species Ripple Model 45'

Speaker:	R. Hoyle (University of Surrey, Dept. of Maths & Statistics)
Material:	lecture notes

10:30 - 10:45 Break
- 10:30 Break 15'
10:45 - 11:30 Liquid-Solid Transition in Polydisperse Granulates
- 10:45 Liquid-Solid Transition in Polydisperse Granulates 45'
  
  Speaker: S. Luding (University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computer Applications)
11:30 - 12:15 TBA
- 11:30 TBA 45'
  
  Speaker: J. Wesfreid (ESPCI-Paris)