The statistical-mechanical theory of stress transmission in granular materials

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 545-553

  Edwards, S F ^a   Grinev, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001397206     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00496-8     Document Type: Article

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23. S. F. Edwards and D. V. Grinev, manuscript in preparation.