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Shear thickening of suspensions is studied by discrete-particle simulation, accounting for hydrodynamic, repulsive, and contact forces. The contact forces, including friction, are activated when the imposed shear stress $\sigma$ is able to overcome the repulsive force. The simulation method captures strong continuous and discontinuous shear thickening (CST and DST) in the range of solid volume fraction $0.54 \le \phi\le 0.56$ studied here. This work presents characteristics of the contact force network developed in the suspension under shear. The number of frictional contacts per particle $Z$ is shown to have a one-to-one relationship with the suspension stress, and the conditions for simple percolation of frictional contacts are found to deviate strongly from those of a random network model. The stress is shown to have important correlations with topological invariant metrics of the contact network known as $k$-cores; the $k$-cores are maximal subgraphs (`clusters') in which all member particles have $k$ or more frictional contacts to other members of the same subgraph. Only $k\le 3$ is found in this work at solid volume fractions $\phi \le 0.56$. Distinct relationships between th

Author

Sedes, Omer; Chakraborty, Bulbul; Makse, Hernan A.; Morris, Jeffrey F.

Published

2021

Language

EN