Comment on stress propagation and arching in static sandpiles by J.P. Wittmer et al. about the scaling hypothesis of the stress field in a conic sandpile

Journal de Physique II

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1305-1307

  Evesque, P ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CONIC SANDPILES; RADIAL STRESS FIELD (RSF) SCALING; STATIC SANDPILES;

PILE FOUNDATIONS;

EID: 0031274264     PISSN: 11554312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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