ABSTRACT
The jamming of macroscopic particles involves applying a stimulus to a granular medium to increase the density of the particle arrangement and change the mechanical behaviour of the system from that of a fluid to that of a solid. Systems using a suction pressure to jam the particles are currently being developed for use in the field of soft robotics (Brown et al., 2010; Cheng et al., 2010; Steltz, Mozeika, Rembisz, Corson, & Jaeger, 2010). Being able to accurately model the response to deformation of jammed particle systems as a function of compaction pressure is crucial in robotics applications (Jiang et al., 2012).
