Force chains in sheared granular media of irregular particles

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1145, Issue , 2009, Pages 321-324

  Peña, Andres A ^a,b   Herrmann, Hans J ^c,d   Lind, Pedro G ^b,e  

^a Bilfinger Berger GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Avalanches; Force chains; Granular media; Shear systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450198568     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3179924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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