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Contact-network organization and motion statistics in shear-thickening suspensions

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Pith's one-line read Rigid clusters in contact networks translate coherently in shear-thickening suspensions while non-rigid particles absorb most of the velocity gradient.

desk verdict The paper shows frictional contacts and pebble-game rigid clusters strengthening together with translational velocity correlations in the shear-thickening regime, plus distinct rotational stats for rigid versus non-rigid particles. read the letter →

arxiv 2606.04605 v1 pith:JBQ6PHOM submitted 2026-06-03 cond-mat.soft physics.flu-dyn

Michel Orsi , Rahul Pandare , Brolin Adu-Poku , Bulbul Chakraborty , Jeffrey F. Morris This is my paper · ORCID
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keywords shear-thickeningsuspensionscontactnetworksrigidclustersvelocitycorrelationspercolationshearjammingdiscreteelementmethodfrictionalcontacts
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The reading

Lubricated-flow discrete-element simulations track how frictional contact networks in dense suspensions organize into rigid clusters as the system enters the shear-thickening regime. Frictional contact number, percolation of clusters with at least three contacts per particle, and fluctuations in cluster size all rise together with growing translational velocity correlations. This pattern indicates that rigid clusters move as coherent units, forcing non-rigid particles to carry a larger share of the local shear. Rotational velocities broaden and show anti-correlations near contacts, with rigid and non-rigid particles displaying distinct statistics. Connectivity, rigidity, and motion correlations appear as related yet distinct markers of the collective constraints that accompany thickening and the approach to shear jamming.

What carries the argument

Rigid clusters identified by the (3,3) pebble game on frictional contact networks in 2D bidisperse monolayers, which link network organization to coherent particle translation and velocity-gradient partitioning.

What would settle it

A measurement showing that translational velocity correlations weaken or stay flat while k≥3 percolation and rigid-cluster fluctuations increase would contradict the claimed link between rigidity and coherent motion.

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Core claim

Across the stress--solid-fraction state diagram, frictional contact number, k≥3 percolation, and rigid-cluster fluctuations all strengthen in the same region where translational velocity correlations grow, consistent with rigid clusters translating coherently while the surrounding non-rigid particles accommodate a disproportionate share of the local velocity gradient. Rotational motion provides a complementary view: non-affine angular-velocity distributions broaden, near-contact rotations become increasingly anti-correlated, and rigid and non-rigid particles carry distinct statistics.

Load-bearing premise

The (3,3) pebble game applied to the simulated 2D contact network accurately identifies mechanically rigid clusters whose dynamics map directly onto the observed velocity correlations without significant artifacts from the lubricated-flow DEM model or the bidisperse monolayer geometry.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • Frictional contact number and k≥3 percolation both increase in the same stress-solid fraction region as translational velocity correlations.
  • Rigid clusters translate as units, shifting a disproportionate share of the velocity gradient onto non-rigid particles.
  • Near-contact rotations become anti-correlated and non-affine angular velocities broaden with increasing rigidity.
  • Rigid and non-rigid particles exhibit distinct rotational statistics that complement the translational picture.
  • Connectivity, rigidity, and velocity correlations serve as distinct signatures of constrained collective motion approaching shear jamming.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The observed partitioning of velocity gradients suggests that models of thickening could treat rigid clusters as effective rigid bodies embedded in a softer background.
  • If the same rigidity-velocity correlation holds in three dimensions, industrial suspension design could target contact disruption to suppress thickening.
  • Velocity correlation length might serve as a practical proxy for tracking rigidity percolation in experiments where full contact networks are hard to resolve.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript uses lubricated-flow discrete-element-method (LF-DEM) simulations of a two-dimensional bidisperse monolayer to study how contact-network organization influences particle motion in shear-thickening suspensions. Rigid clusters are identified via the (3,3) pebble game. Across the stress-solid-fraction diagram, the authors find that frictional contact number, k≥3 percolation, and rigid-cluster fluctuations strengthen where translational velocity correlations increase, interpreting this as coherent translation of rigid clusters with non-rigid particles accommodating more of the local velocity gradient. Rotational statistics are analyzed separately, showing broadened non-affine angular velocities and anti-correlated near-contact rotations. Three-dimensional simulations are included for qualitative comparison of rotational velocity statistics.

Significance. If the reported correlations hold, the work links combinatorial rigidity in contact networks to kinematic constraints on collective motion, offering a concrete microstructural signature of shear-thickening and the approach to shear jamming. Strengths include direct outputs from simulation measurements compared against an independently defined state diagram, the application of the pebble game to extract rigid clusters, and the joint analysis of translational and rotational statistics without fitted parameters.

major comments (2)
  1. [Section describing rigid-cluster identification and translational velocity correlations] The central interpretation that rigid clusters translate coherently rests on the (3,3) pebble game correctly mapping combinatorial rigidity in the 2D LF-DEM contact network to reduced non-affine translational motion. The manuscript provides no quantitative test (e.g., velocity variance or non-affine measure inside vs. outside identified clusters) to confirm this mapping, leaving open possible decoupling due to the bidisperse size ratio, lubrication model, or 2D monolayer constraint.
  2. [Section on three-dimensional simulations and rotational statistics] Three-dimensional simulations are used solely for qualitative similarity in rotational statistics. Because the primary claims concern translational velocity correlations and their link to rigidity in 2D, the absence of corresponding 3D translational data or discussion of out-of-plane effects means the robustness of the rigidity-velocity connection to dimensionality is not established.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Results sections and figures showing trends vs. stress and solid fraction] Reported trends across the state diagram lack error bars, explicit data-exclusion criteria, or statistical tests for consistency, which would allow readers to assess the strength of the observed correlations.
  2. [Methods and notation sections] The definitions of 'frictional contact number' and 'rigid-cluster fluctuations' should be given explicitly (with equations or references) rather than assumed from context.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Section describing rigid-cluster identification and translational velocity correlations] The central interpretation that rigid clusters translate coherently rests on the (3,3) pebble game correctly mapping combinatorial rigidity in the 2D LF-DEM contact network to reduced non-affine translational motion. The manuscript provides no quantitative test (e.g., velocity variance or non-affine measure inside vs. outside identified clusters) to confirm this mapping, leaving open possible decoupling due to the bidisperse size ratio, lubrication model, or 2D monolayer constraint.

    Authors: We agree that a direct quantitative comparison of non-affine translational motion inside versus outside the rigid clusters identified by the (3,3) pebble game would strengthen the central interpretation. Although the pebble game is a standard combinatorial tool and the observed coincidence of rigidity percolation with velocity correlations across the state diagram supports coherent cluster translation, we will add such a test (e.g., velocity variance or non-affine measure) in the revised manuscript to address possible decoupling from bidispersity, lubrication, or the 2D constraint. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Section on three-dimensional simulations and rotational statistics] Three-dimensional simulations are used solely for qualitative similarity in rotational statistics. Because the primary claims concern translational velocity correlations and their link to rigidity in 2D, the absence of corresponding 3D translational data or discussion of out-of-plane effects means the robustness of the rigidity-velocity connection to dimensionality is not established.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the 3D simulations provide only qualitative rotational statistics and that the primary claims rest on the 2D system. The pebble game is specific to 2D, and equivalent 3D translational analysis would require different rigidity methods plus substantial new simulations beyond the present scope. In revision we will add explicit discussion of this limitation and of out-of-plane effects, while maintaining that the 2D results establish the reported connection in that geometry. revision: partial

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  • Provision of 3D translational velocity correlation data to fully establish dimensionality robustness

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No circularity: empirical simulation measurements compared to independent state diagram

full rationale

The paper reports direct outputs from LF-DEM simulations: frictional contact numbers, percolation of k≥3 clusters identified via the standard (3,3) pebble game, rigid-cluster fluctuations, and velocity correlation functions, all measured across an independently defined stress-solid-fraction state diagram. No equations, fitted parameters, or self-citations reduce any reported correlation or interpretation to the inputs by construction. The (3,3) pebble game is an external combinatorial algorithm applied to the contact network; the observed strengthening of connectivity, rigidity, and velocity correlations in the same region is an empirical finding, not a self-definitional or fitted-input reduction. The analysis is self-contained against external benchmarks.

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Claims rest on the validity of the lubricated-flow DEM contact model and the (3,3) pebble game as a proxy for mechanical rigidity in 2D bidisperse monolayers; these are standard domain assumptions whose quantitative accuracy is not independently tested in the abstract.

assumptions (1)
  • domain assumption The (3,3) pebble game correctly identifies rigid clusters from the simulated contact network
    Invoked to label rigid clusters whose fluctuations are then compared to velocity correlations.

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abstract

We use lubricated-flow discrete-element-method (LF-DEM) simulations to examine how contact-network organization shapes particle motion in dense shear-thickening suspensions. The primary system studied is a two-dimensional bidisperse monolayer where rigid clusters are identified by the $(3,3)$ pebble game; three-dimensional simulations are shown to have qualitatively similar rotational velocity statistics. Across the stress--solid-fraction state diagram, frictional contact number, $k\ge 3$ percolation, and rigid-cluster fluctuations all strengthen in the same region where translational velocity correlations grow, consistent with rigid clusters translating coherently while the surrounding non-rigid particles accommodate a disproportionate share of the local velocity gradient. Rotational motion provides a complementary view: non-affine angular-velocity distributions broaden, near-contact rotations become increasingly anti-correlated, and rigid and non-rigid particles carry distinct statistics. Connectivity, rigidity, and velocity correlations are related but distinct signatures of the constrained collective motion that accompanies shear-thickening and the approach to shear jamming.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1. Flow curves and state diagram for the 2D monolayer simulations. Left: stress-dependent relative viscosity [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2. Contour plot of the mean contact number [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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