Physics of sand castles: maximum angle of stability in wet and dry granular media

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 366-371

  Barabási, Albert László ^a   Albert, Réka ^a   Schiffer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; GRANULAR MATERIALS; SAND; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER; WETTING;

MAXIMUM ANGLE OF STABILITY; SAND CASTLES;

SOLID STATE PHYSICS;

EID: 0345149512     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00618-9     Document Type: Article

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