Side pressure anomalies in 2D packings of frictionless spheres

Granular Matter

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Bartos, Imre ^a   Jánosi, Imre M ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Frictionless grains; Hydrostatics; Static sandpiles

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIQUIDS; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPHERES;

FRICTIONLESS GRAINS; HORIZONTAL FORCES; MONODISPERSE PACKINGS; POLYDISPERSITY; RESTING SAND; STATIC SANDPILES; WEDGE EFFECTS;

FRICTION;

EID: 33751560261     PISSN: 14345021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10035-006-0024-0     Document Type: Article

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