Free volume distributions and compactivity measurement in a bidimensional granular packing

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Lechenault, F ^a   Da Cruz, F ^a   Dauchot, O ^a   Bertin, E ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coarse graining (experiment); Granular matter; Sandpile models (experiment)

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749107919     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2006/07/P07009     Document Type: Article

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