Mechanical Behavior of Flexible Fiber Assemblies: Review and Future Perspectives
Peng Wang, Jiawei Han, Siyuan Wang, Yu Guo, Ingo Dierking · 2024
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Description
Bales of loose fibers, from plant scraps to glass strands, do not flow like sand. Peng Wang, Jiawei Han, Siyuan Wang, and Yu Guo review in 2024 how such crowds behave when pressed, sheared, or blown through pipes. Fibers lock arms, clump, and let go in small slides, and they soak up push far faster than round grains. Rules built for sand and powders miss most of that.
The review sorts what is known about squeeze, drag flow, and air-blown flow of fiber crowds. Gaps stand out: no shared math yet bends to cover the lock and spring of long soft parts. The team sketch where new theory and shop craft might meet. Their call is for models born from fibers, not borrowed from grains. The catalog adds a fifth name the head byline lacks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Peng Wang, Jiawei Han, Siyuan Wang, Yu Guo, Ingo Dierking |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |