https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/PD-0332991.ht
Polycrystals are partially ordered solids where crystalline order extends over mesoscopic length scales, namely, the grain size. We study the Poisuielle flow of such materials in a rough channel. In general, similar to yield stress fluids, three distinct dynamical states, namely, flowing, stick-slip, and jammed can be observed, with a yield threshold dependent on channel width. Importantly, the interplay between the finite channel width, and the intrinsic ordering scale (the grain size) leads to a new type of spatiotemporal heterogen