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    Original paper

  1. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Takeshi Kawasaki
    2. Relaxation dynamics and long-time tails explain shear-induced diffusion of soft athermal particles near jamming
    Phys. Rev. Research in press ( arXiv:2204.07127 )

  2. Kuniyasu Saitoh
    3. Shear strength, avalanches, and structures of soft cohesive particles under shear
    Front. Phys. 13, 1548966 (2025)

  3. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Brian P. Tighe
    4. Jamming transition and normal modes of polydispersed soft particle packing
    Soft Matter 21, 1263 (2025) ( arXiv:2501.02209 ) Communication
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  4. Hideyuki Mizuno, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Yusuke Hara, and Atsushi Ikeda
    5. Unified study of viscoelasticity and sound damping in hard and soft amorphous solids
    Commun. Phys. 8, 23 (2025) ( arXiv:2402.17335 )

  5. Abhinendra Singh and Kuniyasu Saitoh
    6. Scaling relationships between viscosity and diffusivity in shear-thickening suspensions
    Soft Matter 19, 6631 (2023) ( arXiv:2305.14030 ) Communication
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  6. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Kianoosh Taghizadeh, and Stefan Luding
    7. Sound characteristics of disordered granular disks: effects of contact damping
    Front. Phys. 11, 1192270 (2023)

  7. Daisuke Ishima, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Michio Otsuki, and Hisao Hayakawa
    8. Theory of rigidity and numerical analysis of density of states of two-dimensional amorphous solids with dispersed frictional grains in the linear response regime
    Phys. Rev. E 107, 054902 (2023) ( arXiv:2207.06632 )

  8. Daisuke Ishima, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Michio Otsuki, and Hisao Hayakawa
    9. Eigenvalue analysis of stress-strain curve of two-dimensional amorphous solids of dispersed frictional grains with finite shear strain
    Phys. Rev. E 107, 034904 (2023) ( arXiv:2212.04628 )

  9. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Takeshi Kawasaki
    10. Shear-induced diffusion and dynamic heterogeneities in dense granular flows
    Front. Phys. 10, 992239 (2022)

  10. Kuniyasu Saitoh
    11. The role of friction in statistics and scaling laws of avalanches
    Eur. Phys. J. E 44, 85 (2021) ( arXiv:2305.00782 )
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  11. Norihiro Oyama, Takeshi Kawasaki, and Kuniyasu Saitoh
    12. Dynamic susceptibilities in dense soft athermal spheres under a finite-rate shear
    Front. Phys. 9, 667103 (2021) ( arXiv:2102.05416 )

  12. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hideyuki Mizuno
    13. Sound damping in soft particle packings: the interplay between configurational disorder and inelasticity
    Soft Matter 17, 4204 (2021) ( arXiv:2008.09760 ) Paper

  13. Hideyuki Mizuno, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Leonardo E. Silbert
    14. Structural and mechanical characteristics of sphere packings near the jamming transition: From fully amorphous to quasi-ordered structures
    Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 115602 (2020) ( arXiv:2008.09762 )

  14. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Takeshi Kawasaki
    15. Critical scaling of diffusion coefficients and size of rigid clusters of soft athermal particles under shear
    Front. Phys. 8, 99 (2020) ( arXiv:1912.11690 )

  15. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Takahiro Hatano, Atsushi Ikeda, and Brian P. Tighe
    16. Stress relaxation above and below the jamming transition
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 118001 (2020) ( arXiv:1909.10142 )

  16. Atsushi Ikeda, Takeshi Kawasaki, Ludovic Berthier, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Takahiro Hatano
    17. Universal relaxation dynamics of sphere packings below jamming
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 058001 (2020) ( arXiv:1904.07359 )

  17. Hongyang Cheng, Stefan Luding, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Vanessa Magnanimo
    18. Elastic wave propagation in dry granular media: Effects of probing characteristics and stress history
    Int. J. Solids Struct. 187, 85 (2020) ( arXiv:1808.08900 )

  18. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Brian P. Tighe
    19. Non-local effects in inhomogeneous flows of soft athermal disks
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 188001 (2019) ( arXiv:1807.06526 )

  19. Norihiro Oyama, Hideyuki Mizuno, and Kuniyasu Saitoh
    20. Avalanche interpretation of the power-law energy spectrum in three-dimensional dense granular flow
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 188004 (2019) ( arXiv:1805.05449 )

  20. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Norihiro Oyama, Fumiko Ogushi, and Stefan Luding
    21. Transition rates for slip-avalanches in soft athermal disks under quasi-static simple shear deformations
    Soft Matter 15, 3487 (2019) ( arXiv:1809.10487 ) Communication
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  21. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Rohit K. Shrivastava, and Stefan Luding
    22. Rotational sound in disordered granular materials
    Phys. Rev. E 99, 012906 (2019) ( arXiv:1807.08201 )

  22. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hideyuki Mizuno
    23. Anisotropic decay of the energy spectrum in two-dimensional dense granular flows
    Phys. Rev. E 96, 012903 (2017)

  23. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Vanessa Magnanimo, and Stefan Luding
    24. The effect of microscopic friction and size distributions on conditional probability distributions in soft particle packings
    Comp. Part. Mech. 4, 409 (2017)

  24. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hideyuki Mizuno
    25. Enstrophy cascades in two-dimensional dense granular flows
    Phys. Rev. E 94, 022908 (2016)

  25. Hideyuki Mizuno, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Leonardo E. Silbert
    26. Elastic moduli and vibrational modes in jammed particulate packings
    Phys. Rev. E 93, 062905 (2016) ( arXiv:1606.06599 )

  26. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hideyuki Mizuno
    27. Anomalous energy cascades in dense granular materials yielding under simple shear deformations
    Soft Matter 12, 1360 (2016) Communication

  27. Satoshi Takada, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Hisao Hayakawa
    28. Kinetic theory for dilute cohesive granular gases with a square well potential
    Phys. Rev. E 94, 012906 (2016) ( arXiv:1506.04578 )

  28. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Satoshi Takada, and Hisao Hayakawa
    29. Hydrodynamic instabilities in shear flows of cohesive granular particles
    Soft Matter 11, 6371 (2015) ( arXiv:1505.04076 ) Paper
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  29. Abhinendra Singh, Vanessa Magnanimo, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Stefan Luding
    30. The role of gravity or pressure and contact stiffness in granular rheology
    New J. Phys. 17, 043028 (2015) ( arXiv:1412.0874 )

  30. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Vanessa Magnanimo, and Stefan Luding
    31. A Master equation for the probability distribution functions of forces in soft particle packings
    Soft Matter 11, 1253 (2015) ( arXiv:1311.5359 ) Communication
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  31. Satoshi Takada, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Hisao Hayakawa
    32. Simulation of cohesive fine powders under a plane shear
    Phys. Rev. E 90, 062207 (2014) ( arXiv:1311.7322 )
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  32. Abhinendra Singh, Vanessa Magnanimo, Kuniyasu Saitoh, and Stefan Luding
    33. Effect of cohesion on shear banding in quasistatic granular materials
    Phys. Rev. E 90, 022202 (2014) ( arXiv:1312.7133 )

  33. Ceyda Sanlì, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Stefan Luding, and Devaraj van der Meer
    34. Collective motion of macroscopic spheres floating on capillary ripples: Dynamic heterogeneity and dynamic criticality
    Phys. Rev. E 90, 033018 (2014) ( arXiv:1309.3804 )

  34. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    35. Quantitative test of the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation for sheared granular flow in two dimensions
    Phys. Fluids 25, 070606 (2013) ( arXiv:1207.6012 )

  35. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    36. Weakly nonlinear analysis of two dimensional sheared granular flow
    Granular Matter 13, 697 (2011) ( arXiv:1103.1936 )

  36. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Anna Bodrova, Hisao Hayakawa, and Nikolai V. Brilliantov
    37. Negative normal restitution coefficient found in simulation of nanocluster collisions
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 238001 (2010) ( arXiv:1005.5429 )
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  37. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    38. Motion of a free-standing graphene sheet induced by a collision with an argon nanocluster: Analyses of the detection and heat-up of the graphene
    Phys. Rev. B 81, 115447 (2010) ( arXiv:0911.3680 )

  38. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    39. Simulation of depositions of a Lennard-Jones cluster on a crystalline surface
    Prog. Theor. Phys. 122, 1081 (2009) ( arXiv:0905.1606 )

  39. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    40. Rheology of a granular gas under a plane shear
    Phys. Rev. E 75, 021302 (2007) ( arXiv:cond-mat/0604160 )
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    Proceedings (with peer review process)

  40. Mathias Tolomeo, Kuniyasu Saitoh, Combe Gael, Stefan Luding, Vanessa Magnanimo, Vincent Richefeu, and Gioacchino Viggiani
    41. Stochastic model for the micromechanics of jammed granular materials: experimental studies and numerical simulations
    EPJ Web Conf. 140, 02021 (2017) Powders & Grains 2017

  41. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    42. A microscopic theory for discontinuous shear thickening of frictional granular materials
    EPJ Web Conf. 140, 03063 (2017) Powders & Grains 2017

  42. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Vanessa Magnanimo, and Stefan Luding
    43. Slow dynamics near jamming
    AIP Conf. Proc. 1501, 1038 (2012) ( arXiv:1209.2330 ) 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics

  43. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Hisao Hayakawa
    44. Time dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation for sheared granular flow
    AIP Conf. Proc. 1501, 1001 (2012) ( arXiv:1209.2325 ) 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics



    Proceedings (without peer review process)

  44. Kuniyasu Saitoh and Fumiko Ogushi
    45. A master equation for force distributions in dense granular materials
    Materials Science & Technology 2016 Conference Proceedings

  45. Kuniyasu Saitoh, Vanessa Magnanimo, and Stefan Luding
    46. A master equation for force distributions in polydisperse frictional particles
    PARTICLES 2015 Proceedings. pp.1028 - pp.1039 ( arXiv:1505.07701 ) IV International Conference on Particle-Based Methods - Fundamental and Applications


    Thesis

  1. PhD thesis
    2. Studies of nanoclusters' collision: Depositions on a crystalline surface and graphene, and negative restitution coefficient of nanoclusters

  2. Master thesis ( in Japanese )
    3. Theory and numerical study of granular shear flows