Development of stresses in cohesionless poured sand

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1747, 1998, Pages 2535-2560

  Cates, M E ^a   Wittmer, J P ^a   Bouchaud, J P ^b   Claudin, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fragile matter; Granular materials; Sandpiles; Stress propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042875279     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0285     Document Type: Article

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