Shear Jamming (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

Shear Jamming

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The attached image shows how a small steel sphere sits on a shear-jammed suspension just as it would on an ordinary solid. Removing the shear switches the suspension back to its liquid-like state and the sphere would sink.

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University of Southampton

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