Rigid clusters in shear-thickening suspensions: a nonequilibrium
critical transition
Rigid clusters in shear-thickening suspensions: a nonequilibrium
critical transition
The onset and growth of rigid clusters in a two-dimensional (2D) suspension in shear flow are studied by numerical simulation. The suspension exhibits the lubricated-to-frictional rheology transition but is studied at stresses above the levels that cause extreme shear thickening. At large solid area fraction, $\phi$, but below the jamming …