Thermal expansion effects in a silo

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIb: Mecanique, Physique, Chimie, Astronomie

Volumn 327, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 267-274

  De Gennes, Pierre Gilles ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Dilations; Friction; Granular materials; Silos; Thermal cycles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033080116     PISSN: 12874620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1287-4620(99)80066-0     Document Type: Article

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