Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of dense granular media

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Ciamarra, Massimo Pica ^a   Coniglio, Antonio ^a   Nicodemi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; GRANULAR MEDIA; GRANULAR PACKS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 33750014267     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.158001     Document Type: Article

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