Granular micro-structure and avalanche precursors

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn , Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Staron, Lydie ^a   Radjai, Farhang ^b   Vilotte, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Disordered systems (experiment); Friction; Granular matter; Random ordered microstructures (experiment)

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749108706     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2006/07/P07014     Document Type: Article

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