Some open problems in granular matter mechanics

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-529

  Sun, Qicheng ^a   Wang, Guangqian ^a   Hu, Kaiheng ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Contact mechanics; Debris flow; Force chain; Granular matter; Multiscale mechanics

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; DEBRIS; DEFORMATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONTACT MECHANICS; DEBRIS FLOWS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; FORCE CHAINS; GRANULAR MATTER; INTERNAL STATE; MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; MESO SCALE; MULTISCALE MECHANICS; SOLID PARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 67349284392     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.06.023     Document Type: Review

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