Order-disorder transitions in a sheared many-body system
Abstract
Motivated by experiments on sheared suspensions that show a transition between ordered and disordered phases, we here study the long-time behavior of a sheared and overdamped two-dimensional system of particles interacting by repulsive forces. As a function of interaction strength and shear rate we find transitions between phases with vanishing and large single-particle diffusion. In the phases with vanishing single-particle diffusion, the system evolves towards regular lattices, usually on very slow time scales. Different lattices can be approached, depending on interaction strength and forcing amplitude. The disordered state appears in parameter regions where the regular lattices are unstable. Correlation functions between the particles reveal the formation of shear bands. In contrast to single-particle densities, the spatially resolved two-particle correlation functions vary with time and allow to determine the phase within a period. As in the case of the suspensions, motion in the state with low diffusivity is essentially reversible, whereas in the state with strong diffusion it is not.
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© 2015 American Physical Society. Received 17 July 2015; revised manuscript received 1 December 2015; published 28 December 2015.Attached Files
Published - PhysRevE.92.062208.pdf
Submitted - 1507.04926v2.pdf
Supplemental Material - Description.pdf
Supplemental Material - M1_shear_low.mp4
Supplemental Material - M2_shear_high.mp4
Supplemental Material - M3_strob_low.mp4
Supplemental Material - M4_strob_high.mp4
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